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Sexual attraction in humans
is humans generally involves:
- a body shape and appearance sanctioned by the local culture
- a lack of visible disease or deformity
- a high degree of symmetry between the left and right sides of the body, particularly of the face
- pleasing bodily posture
However, these factors are complicated by many other factors.
There may sometimes be a focus on particular features of the body, such as breasts, legs, hair, or musculature. In this regard, there can be said to be a degree of fetishistic arousal in most normal individuals who respond to particular bodily features as a sign of attractiveness.
Many people exhibit high levels of sexual fetishism, and are sexually aroused by other stimuli not normally associated with sexual arousal.
The Westermarck effect was discovered by anthropologist Edward Westermarck. When two people live in close domestic proximity during the first 30 months in the life of either one, both are desensitized to later close sexual attraction and bonding.
To do:
- sexual attraction in other animals
- sexual display
- behavioral imprinting
- sexual arousal