另一些回應則指主觀性興奮和生殖器興奮之間缺乏一致性。一項由梅雷迪思·奇弗斯(英语:Meredith Chivers)和J.邁克爾·貝里(英语:J. Michael Bailey)負責進行的研究顯示,男性的生殖器傾向於因特定類別的事物而興奮,而女性則相反。換句話說,即男性傾向於对偏好的性别產生性興奮;然而不論該性别是自己偏愛與否,女性的生殖器皆會有興奮反應[15][16]。即使女性報稱只對一對男女从事性行为的描繪产生主觀性興奮也好,她們的生殖器亦会對男男性行為、女女性行為,以至動物交配的畫面產生興奮反應。
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