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Sexual arousal is the process and state of an animal being ready for sexual intercourse. Human sexual arousal
Unlike most other animals, human beings of both sexes are potentially capable of sexual arousal throughout the year, and there is therefore no human mating season. Things that precipitate human sexual arousal are commonly known as turn-ons. Given the right stimulation, sexual arousal in humans will typically end in an orgasm, but may be pleasurable for its own sake, even in the absence of an orgasm.
Causes of human sexual arousal
Signs of possible human sexual arousal
Human sexual response cycle
During the 1950s and 1960s, William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson conducted many important studies within the field of human sexuality. In 1966, the two released a book, "Human Sexual Response", detailing four stages of physiological changes in humans during sexual stimulation. These phases, in order of their occurrence, are excitement, plateau, orgasmic, and resolution.
Genital procedures and sexual arousal
Scientific data shows that male circumcision causes neurological changes in the human brain, which is suggested to lower sexual excitability (Mackey, 1997). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cm... Another study suggested that arousal of a man's female partner is also impacted. http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1181/595/
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