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* ''The faces varied in attractiveness and the presence of disease cues (blemishes).'' | * ''The faces varied in attractiveness and the presence of disease cues (blemishes).'' | ||
* ''We found that disease cues and attractiveness, but not sexual arousal, influenced disgust.'' | * ''We found that disease cues and attractiveness, but not sexual arousal, influenced disgust.'' | ||
* ''The results suggest that women feel disgust at sexual contact with unattractive or diseased men | * ''The results suggest that women feel disgust at sexual contact with unattractive or diseased men.'' | ||
* ''Attractiveness seems to reduce disgust and therefore also avoidance tendencies—probably because it signals good health and small risk of pathogen transmission.'' | * ''Attractiveness seems to reduce disgust and therefore also avoidance tendencies—probably because it signals good health and small risk of pathogen transmission.'' | ||
* ''Women on average have a higher disgust sensitivity and propensity than men. This also implies that they require relatively more sexual arousal to outweigh disgust and elicit a sexually functioning feedback loop. In other words, sexual arousal is less likely to outweigh disgust in women.'' | * ''Women on average have a higher disgust sensitivity and propensity than men. This also implies that they require relatively more sexual arousal to outweigh disgust and elicit a sexually functioning feedback loop. In other words, sexual arousal is less likely to outweigh disgust in women.'' |