{"id":801,"date":"2017-06-27T04:22:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T04:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:00:17","slug":"unusual-turn-ons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/unusual-turn-ons\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot & Bothered: His Unconscious Turn-Ons"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might think that a low-cut top matched with a breathy voice and lick of the lips is enough to send a man into the stratosphere of arousal (and you\u2019d usually be right), but men can be just as enigmatic as women in matters of sensual.<\/p>\n

Consider the fact that men are less likely to be\u00a0attracted to long, shapely legs as they are a woman with a considerable wingspan, according to research from the University of New South Wales. which surveyed men watching videos of women, and then rating their attractiveness. Long-armed ladies got the highest ratings, while lengthy-legged girls didn\u2019t even rate in the final figures.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the reason? One theory posits that long arms give a woman a slimmer appearance, and another is that men want a partner who will come in very handy on a trip to the apple orchard.<\/p>\n

But before you start Googling \u2018Arm-extension treatment\u2019, check out the other unexpected ways a man can be turned on:<\/p>\n

Fear<\/h2>\n

A good jolt to his fight-or-flight reaction is sometime just the thing to get a man in the mood. Don\u2019t believe us? Then take it from Roger Sterling of AMC\u2019s Mad Men, in one famous scene<\/a> from a TV show that\u2019s full of them.<\/p>\n

More than just a vehicle for scripted drama, there\u2019s hard science behind the connection between fear and arousal from the University of British Columbia who conducted a study putting male volunteers into situations involving varying amounts of risk. The ones who faced more fear were more graphic in their answers on a sex survey \u2013 delivered by a beautiful assistant \u2013 following the event.<\/p>\n

Seeing Red<\/h2>\n

Perhaps opt for the red dress on your next date-night out<\/a><\/span>; while the color crimson is synonymous in the culture at large with passion, hearts, romance and all things Valentine\u2019s, that thinking comes from commonly-cited evolutionary psychology that goes towards explaining men\u2019s reaction to the hue; prior to ovulation, female humans and primates got red in the face, signaling to males when they\u2019re at their most fertile.<\/p>\n

The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology published a 2008 study from the University of Rochester that had men rate the attractiveness of a number of pictures of women wearing clothes of all colors.
\nThe highest-rated? You guessed it \u2013 women wearing red. Meanwhile, different colored clothes \u2013 worn by the exact same women \u2013 scored much lower.<\/p>\n

Hot Doppelgangers<\/h2>\n

Everybody has a \u2018type\u2019, and some of these types are universally held as attractive, but a man\u2019s own facial appearance has some sway on what he finds fetching in a woman.<\/p>\n

Some men fall for women whose facial features are similar to their own, and this is based on the theory of homogamy \u2013 that we reproduce with people who share similarities to us in some way, bringing into turmoil the whole \u2018opposites attract\u2019 thing we hear so often.<\/p>\n

Get Your Giggle On<\/h2>\n

Actually don\u2019t just get your giggle on \u2013 go for a full-on guffaw and chuck in a chortle while you\u2019re at it.<\/p>\n

According to Maria Sophocles, MD and assistant professor at the University of Basel, a man\u2019s subconscious equates your laughter with the moans they might hear during sex. So is this why \u2018a sense of humor\u2019 is listed so high on the traits of men who are prime partner material?<\/p>\n

Good Scents<\/h2>\n

Some say that arousing a man is as easy as pie, and we agree \u2013 as long as that pie is pumpkin.<\/p>\n

Among more than 23 fragrances, the Smell and Taste Research Center in Chicago founds that the smell of pumpkin pie mixed with lavender<\/a> increased penile blood flow the most.<\/p>\n

Are you thinking what we\u2019re thinking? Thanksgiving<\/a> will never be the same again.<\/p>\n

Finally, one of his biggest turn-ons you\u2019ve perhaps not realized until now is your sex toys; we\u2019d be hard-pressed to find any man that doesn\u2019t appreciate knowing that he\u2019s with a woman who knows how to take her pleasure.<\/p>\n

And considering that men are most aroused by what they can see, bringing your toys into the bedroom for a new kind of playtime will be a win-win kind of situation \u2013 if there\u2019s a better kind than that, we\u2019re all ears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might think that a low-cut top matched with a breathy voice and lick of the lips is enough to send a man into the stratosphere of arousal (and you\u2019d usually be right), but men can be just as enigmatic as women in matters of sensual. Consider the fact that men are less likely to be\u00a0attracted to long, shapely legs as they are a woman with a considerable wingspan, according to research from the University of New South Wales. which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":17745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[465,149],"coauthors":[950],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex-tips-advice","tag-fantasy","tag-men"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEver Wonder What Turns Men On? 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