Friday, May 17, 2013

Phallic Friday - mental or physical?

Today's question is one I wrestle with quite a bit.

Is the turn on from sex, mental or physical?





  1. And my question would be, is the anecdotal evidence about men or women? Big difference I think.

  2. Good point Anita!
    I would say definitely mental, Cate, certainly for women, and I agree with you on movies or parts of books being able to get that feeling going.
    Although I guess this is part of the argument about blokes and porn... that's mental stimulation that must initially work for them, except I imagine that can then quite quickly become physical.
    So, typical on the fence answer from me. I think it's both but the very original stimulation, IMHO is mental, not physical. You have to get the urge first I think.
    Lily M

  3. Hey Anita and Lily,
    I was going to go off on a tangent with my anecdotal evidence but I thought it was not on topic and not somewhere I wanted to go, so I kind of bailed!

    But you're right, big difference for men and women. Good point.

    And yes, you get the urge first! Good point too.

    Thanks for weighing in.

    Cate xo