When aroused your brain basically forgets how to be disgusted to some degree, and to varying extent per person. The brain falls into a more passive state allowing the hindbrain to focus on instinct for reproduction.
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U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day agodevelop completely separate processing systems to account for the fact that genitals look weird. Their appearances are so strange that you’d rather avoid them
wat
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Alright, so you’re looking at a hot man or woman. You recognize that their characteristics are attractive. Maybe you like big titties, maybe you like developed delts, maybe you like a nice set of hands. Most anyone who sees these will say something to the effect of “oh yeah, those are fine body parts. I have no issue viewing them.”
Genitalia, on the other hand, are not one of the most attractive parts on a person. Just look at the sort of pelvic accessory you’re not interested in (bi people, I’m sorry) and you’ll pretty quickly realize that they’re just no fun to look at. When you get closer and you’re hit with acidic or ammonia-esque scents, it only gets worse.
In order to get around the minor issue of procreation avoidance, a portion of your brain chimes in and says “well actually, it’s not so bad. Give it a chance.” Consider the difference between your perceptions before and after puberty, if you’d care to understand on a human level. (Ace people, I’m sorry) Or check out more articles if you’d like to study this a bit further.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
lol i love how the abstract cites a paper from 1942
look: if you’re disgusted by genitals, i’m sorry to hear that, and i’m not judging you.
but don’t sit there and try to tell me everyone, or even “most people” feels that way.
i can’t speak for goofy looking dicks, but vulvas are extremely attractive; i dunno wtf you, or your 1942 paper referencing “study” are talking about.
again–i’m not judging. but i suggest you post to asklemmy (or literally any other forum), and ask: “are female genitalia no fun to look at/unattractive/weird/whatever tf else” and consider that maybe whatever problem you have with vaginas might not be a baked in instinctual thing that everyone has
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 9 hours ago
Some vulvas are pretty. Most aren’t. Some do smell weird, I imagine most will in the right wrong set of conditions. I like going down on them, but it isn’t because of their beauty.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
YOU SANT TO DROWN IN SHEMEN DINT YOU?
baines@lemmy.cafe 23 hours ago
puritans
explains a ton
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The paper from 1942 was meant to establish a long standing social curiosity about the topic, you goober.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
you will never quantify an inherently subjective (qualitative) experience. the fact that you’re trying to, and then calling me “goober” is quite enough for me to say: best of luck, tiger
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 1 day ago
I appreciate the extremely inclusive way to explain how everyone, deep down, is disgusted by all forms of genitals.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
One could say they’re an acquired taste.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This would also explain why basically a shortcut in horror monster/alien design is to start with genitalia as a style guide, and then distort it and/or apply it to objects that do not normally come even close to that.
Monster zombie dog?
Make dog naked and veiny, also its mouth/head is now basically a vaginal opening with teeth, but uh, opening horizontally instead of vertically.
See how easy this is?
slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The design of the Xenomorph from Alien is famously like that. It has feminine curves, but a phallic head. And facehugger is basically raping the victims to impregnate them. All of these design choices were intentional to evoke the disgust/fear of the audience, I remember reading about this
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Half Life (2) monsters as well.
The, uh, the gonarch, the ‘adult headcrabs’ on Xen?
Yeah, it literally just is giant walking ballsack, pretty sure the concept artist basically just says that directly in ‘Raising the Bar’.
A bunch of the planned enemy types that existed in the beta/alpha, before Valve/HL2 got hacked and they significantly shifted development… a lot of the enemy types had concepts of much more fleshy appearances, often with hair, again, like pubic hair.
And then of course, Eli gets skull fucked to death by a giant penis tentacle in Ep 2.
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Oh no, whatever shall I do! cackles in horny
School_Lunch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s why my favorite euphemism for sex is “bumping uglies”. Its just a perfect description of it.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 day ago
Genitals are cool, I have pictures of all types glued to my truck so I can share them with the world.
They smell and taste as good as they look too!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
hey i prefer my mate not have an ovipositor but you do you
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
There’s plenty of instances and subreddits devoted to pictures of just genitals
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just between you and me, I’ve been known to peruse them as well.