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They found by far the most dramatic influence on women's disgust was how attractive the man they showed them was. Blemishes (ie. disease cues) had a much smaller effect. Sexually arousing women with pornography beforehand did not reduce their disgust at unattractive men. They note that because women experience a higher degree of sexual disgust at baseline compared to men, this is likely harder to override. | They found by far the most dramatic influence on women's disgust was how attractive the man they showed them was. Blemishes (ie. disease cues) had a much smaller effect. Sexually arousing women with pornography beforehand did not reduce their disgust at unattractive men. They note that because women experience a higher degree of sexual disgust at baseline compared to men, this is likely harder to override. | ||
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* ''Disgust is an avoidance reaction that serves the function of discouraging costly mating decisions.'' | * ''Disgust is an avoidance reaction that serves the function of discouraging costly mating decisions.'' |