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- From: feathers@serss0 (Michael Feathers)
- Subject: Re: Sick and tired of cries of sexism (was Re: 9 1/2 Weeks)
- Organization: Florida International University, Miami
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:55:51 GMT
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- In article <92364.185826U23700@uicvm.uic.edu> <U23700@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
- >although research has been done that shows that men have a greater
- >physiological response to visual stimuli, i don't think that you
- >can rule out conditioning as a possible reason for this. as a child,
- >i was inculcated with the 'boys are good at math, girls are good at
- >verbal things' bias. yet recent research in child development shows
- >that boys and girls go through the same developmental phases, but at
- >*different* times -- and so, depending on the curriculum, math may
- >be easier understood by one group or another depending on the devel-
- >opmental stage the groups are in.
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- Yeah, I think that the culture reinforces biology also. But, if I remember
- correctly, studies have shown a link between testosterone and the development
- of visual areas of the brain. This is not an exclusively male phenomena
- either. Many women have higher than average testosterone levels and they
- tend to take risks more and be more sexual than average without being
- necessarily any less feminine.
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- >one further note: as pornography moved out of porn theaters and into
- >the home video market, a greater percentage of the audience has become
- >women. (i can't remember where i read this off the top of my head, but
- >i will try to find out if someone demands a reference). so it would
- >appear that a greater number of women are attracted to visual sexual
- >stimuli than was previously thought.
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- I've heard that also. One thing that I wonder about, though, is whether
- they are necessarily getting the pornography for themselves or because
- their husband/lover is too embarrassed to get it. However, I am sure that
- we are discovering more about women who are strongly visually stimulated
- now because it has become more acceptable and less supressed.
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- >this doesn't surprise me; i'm
- >female and a total visual stimuli addict, my chief vice being movies
- >on the little and big screens, in almost every genre i can think of
- >including experimental. (the experimental film coalition in chicago
- >provides a challenging alternative to narrative hollywood movies).
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- Great. I think predominately in a visual way. In fact, I can't hear a
- sound without having some sort of mental image floating through my head.
- Weird, eh?
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- Consequently, I'm a real Greenaway, Lynch, Kubrick addict.
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