How Sexual Desire Works- The Enigmatic Urge

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by Frederick Toates


  Ibn Sina 82

  id 87, 90, 445

  imagery 11, 107, 115, 146, 148, 156, 196, 235, 236, 240, 257, 296, 297, 299, 301, 302, 329, 331, 385, 401, 429, 438, 451

  imagination 3, 11, 12, 17, 43, 99, 104, 109, 149, 222, 255, 267, 295, 343, 353, 354, 385, 386, 436

  imitation 101, 207, 210, 238, 250, 298, 444

  impotence 86, 302

  imprinting 241, 244, 262, 266, 331

  impulsive behaviour 157

  impulsive reactions 135

  impulsivity 246, 247, 361

  INAH-3 49, 254

  incentive vii, 35, 36, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 130, 135, 141, 144, 149, 150, 158, 159, 189, 197, 216, 218, 222, 246, 247, 295, 306, 309, 310, 334, 337, 340, 341, 350, 351, 384, 394, 443, 444, 445, 448

  potential 239

  sexual 240

  incentive approach system 142

  incentive motivation 181, 306, 328, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338

  incentive motivation model 103, 193, 317

  incentive motivation theory 334

  incentive salience 148, 160, 183, 246, 319, 335, 376, 384, 440, 445, 446, 448

  incentive sensitization 292, 324

  incentive theory 151, 334, 337, 343

  incentive-based model 95–111

  incentives

  a common system 142

  potential 109

  rather than drives 107–109

  incest 206, 210, 213, 214, 330

  and its avoidance 240–244

  overcoming 261–262

  India 124, 125

  infatuation 110

  infidelity 23, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 144, 197, 221, 280, 431

  inhibition 38, 51, 73, 100, 114, 116, 119, 120, 135, 141, 146, 161, 162, 163, 201, 225–228, 249, 286, 287, 290, 291, 308, 315, 341, 351, 354, 363, 365, 394, 405, 406, 417, 418, 423, 431, 435, 442, 444, 446, 447, 452

  hidden consequences of 223–225

  intentional 202–205, 445, 447

  nature of 199–200

  orgasm-specific 201

  paraphilias 359–360

  from physically-present stimuli 202

  on rape 402

  and sexual disorders 225–228

  Inis Beag 101, 106, 205

  insanity 83, 86

  insecure attachment 406, 414

  insight 15, 444

  insomnia 15

  insula 146, 172, 175, 187, 450, 451

  intentions 103, 106, 113

  Inuit 125

  Iran 82

  Islam 81, 85, 216, 271, 377

  Ituri 65, 66

  jealousy 120, 225, 272, 274, 437

  Jewish faith 77, 87

  Kemper, Edmund 411

  Kennedy, John 89

  kibbutzim 243

  Kinsey 14, 89, 100, 132, 258

  kissing 5, 14, 90, 104, 180, 236, 277, 279, 304, 432, 433, 443

  Lady Chatterley 8, 84

  Lawrence, D.H. 84, 145, 180

  L-dopa 157, 158, 159

  learning 14, 20, 35–37, 93, 105, 114, 117, 150, 168, 172, 173, 184, 210, 230, 237, 238, 239, 250, 253, 258, 282, 292, 339, 348, 350, 355, 358, 367, 369, 404, 405, 407

  paraphilias 350–352

  social 238

  Lee, Ann 215

  lesbians 19, 153, 192, 254, 264, 267

  levels of brain organization 27, 43

  paraphilias 360–361

  levels of control 27, 110, 112, 113, 134, 140, 141, 176, 247, 274, 317, 349, 361, 410, 423

  libido 87, 89, 92, 139, 158, 197, 223, 284, 291

  liking 45, 50, 57, 73, 160, 183, 275, 279, 296, 326, 445, 446

  limbic system 43, 47

  linking objective and subjective 9–11

  Lot 288

  love 7, 82, 87

  companionate 277–278

  lovemap 236

  lovesickness 81, 82–84

  lust killers 409

  Luther, Martin 78–79, 80

  Madame Bovary 8

  madness 70

  Madonna 387

  Madonna-whore complex 280

  Mangaia 101, 102, 105, 125, 132, 206, 261, 297, 398

  mania 156, 157, 399, 422

  Mansfield, Katherine 6

  marijuana 288–289, 290, 292, 428

  Marquis de Sade 396

  masculinization 41

  masochism 302, 346, 379, 385–389

  masturbation 18, 23, 55, 70, 71, 77, 79, 85, 86, 89, 97, 99, 100, 109, 152, 161, 162, 183, 184, 235, 237, 240, 251, 257, 258, 260, 262, 265, 294, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 312, 317, 330, 339, 351, 353, 354, 355, 370, 371, 376, 385, 386, 391, 394, 397, 401, 407, 410, 418, 419, 420, 428, 429, 430, 433, 434, 435, 438, 448

  mate-guarding 23

  maternal deprivation 384

  medieval period 71

  memory 1, 29, 34, 47, 48, 51, 52, 57, 82, 86, 114, 120, 137, 141, 171, 172, 174, 224, 232, 234, 280, 285, 304, 305, 336, 341, 379, 381, 390, 399, 420, 421, 438

  menopause 139, 152, 307

  menstruation 18, 77, 81, 83, 150, 152, 153, 206, 208, 236

  mental representation 11

  mental rumination 415

  methamphetamine 290, 291, 292, 293, 342, 343, 446, 453

  Millet, Catherine 5, 299, 304, 443

  mind

  conscious 30, 33

  unconscious 30

  mind–body dichotomy 77

  mirror neurons 47, 295

  mirroring 146, 349

  module 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 162, 206, 444

  monogamy 62, 188, 189, 192

  moral dyspepsia hypothesis 211

  More, St Thomas 79–80

  morphine 292, 356, 359

  motivated reasoning 310

  motive 12, 15, 16, 28, 103, 227, 270, 426

  My Secret Life 3, 86, 184

  myopia for the future 113, 120

  narcissism 17, 362, 400, 422

  nature 229, 444

  necrophilia 208, 396–397, 431, 436, 438

  negative feedback 449

  nerves 47

  nervous system 38

  Netherlands 106

  neuroimaging 13, 38, 145, 148, 160, 309, 310, 365

  neurons 41, 49, 97, 158, 201, 285, 387, 412, 432

  neurosis 88, 93, 98, 99

  neuroticism 144

  neurotransmitter 40, 360

  neutralizing definition 355, 364, 366, 392, 400

  New Guinea 101, 257, 267

  nice-guy theory 253

  nicotine 148

  Nilsen, Dennis 436–438

  noradrenalin 41, 42, 451

  norepinephrine 41

  novelty 3, 4, 8, 21, 55, 58, 60, 64, 65, 80, 84, 96, 114, 118, 126, 144, 160, 165, 167, 188, 247, 270, 304, 322, 334, 363, 372, 443, 445, 447, 448

  brain basis of 196–198

  in humans 193

  in humans compared to other species 190–191

  ways of achieving 196

  nucleus accumbens ix, 48, 50, 51, 67, 147, 148, 150, 156, 160, 180, 182, 183, 197, 201, 310, 352, 361, 365, 415, 422, 451, 454

  nurture 229, 444

  nymphomania 81, 85

  objective and subjective, linking 30

  odours 36, 116, 129, 151, 154, 155, 174, 206, 207, 380, 383

  Odysseus 219

  oestrogens 41, 42, 48, 150, 152, 154

  Old Testament 77

  Olivier, Monique 426

  Onan 85

  opiates 183, 290, 293

  opioids 40, 90, 183, 201, 233, 293, 320, 359, 445

  orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) 50, 51, 52

  organizational effects 41

  orgasm 10, 25, 30, 37, 40, 45, 58, 59, 70, 71, 89, 90, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 108, 136, 137, 174, 181–182, 183, 184, 200, 235, 240, 258, 292, 293, 302, 303, 304, 307, 309, 312, 334, 335, 351, 389, 444, 452

  orgies 196

  ovaries 154

  Ovid 165

  ovulation 151, 152, 153, 191, 270

  oxytocin 41, 43, 108, 183, 187, 201, 233, 277, 280

  paedophiles 115, 222, 355, 391, 392, 394, 447

 
; paedophilia 66, 120, 210, 352, 391–395, 454

  pain 74, 98, 99, 106, 168, 183, 186, 274, 275, 323, 329, 359, 379, 385, 386, 387, 396, 412, 437

  avoidance of 18

  psychological 366

  pair-bonding 62

  Panksepp, Jaak 26, 27

  paraphilia 266, 330, 346, 347, 350, 351, 352, 353, 360, 361, 446

  parasympathetic nervous system 52, 454

  parental investment 60

  parenting 407

  Parkinson’s disease 21, 32, 158–160, 446

  pathogens 206, 207

  Pavlov, Ivan 35

  peer pressure 56, 248

  penile erection 52, 234

  perfection 9, 304, 372

  perfectionism 17

  persistent genital arousal disorder 170

  personal anecdotes 2–7

  pheromones 154–155, 241, 254

  phylogenetic regression 454

  physical exercise 175, 451

  physical exertion 108, 168, 169

  pituitary gland 48

  plasticity 126

  Plato 74, 75, 76, 80, 94, 312, 477

  pleasure 14, 30, 45, 51, 55, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 87, 91, 96, 103, 108, 179, 180, 183, 196, 234, 237, 238, 240, 260, 275, 278, 289, 291, 296, 310, 328, 329, 334, 336, 344, 355, 387, 444, 445, 448

  anticipatory 160, 161, 445

  biological bases 182–183

  consummatory 161, 445

  Pleistocene 249

  polyandry 125

  pornography 8, 10, 11, 21, 32, 62, 64, 159, 160, 192, 238, 246, 281, 282, 299, 317, 324, 326, 330, 357, 358, 376, 401, 404, 410, 416, 422, 428, 434, 439, 446, 447, 448

  child 9

  and erotica 295–9

  violent 21, 284, 295, 298–299

  prednisone 422

  prefrontal cortex 45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 75, 121, 122, 146, 182, 205, 214, 223, 233, 310, 312, 361, 365, 393, 450, 451, 453, 454

  pregnancy 103, 150, 152, 153, 154, 204, 270, 286, 296

  preparedness 239, 352, 374, 383

  primates, non-human 150, 242, 249, 251, 282, 350

  processing

  automatic 33, 34, 43, 106, 112, 115, 117, 118, 121, 153, 173, 176, 198, 206, 213, 226, 280, 444

  automatic and controlled 34–35

  conscious 12, 30, 34, 48, 63, 107, 116, 119, 121, 155, 173, 213, 225, 226

  controlled 112, 117, 118, 444

  unconscious 113, 129, 394

  prolactin 201

  promiscuity 62, 65, 66, 78, 136, 157, 250, 252, 278, 279, 296, 339, 362, 413

  prostitution 70, 78, 135, 166, 196, 214, 270, 280, 317, 330, 331, 339, 342, 357, 358, 366, 388, 402, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 439

  psychic energy 87, 88, 91

  psychoanalysis 87, 92

  psychology, basics of 33–37

  psychopaths 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 393, 399, 410

  psychopathy 349, 361–368

  evolutionary perspective 368

  puberty 230, 260, 304, 377, 379, 385

  punishment 67, 101, 178, 179, 238, 240, 250, 256, 352, 364, 368, 385, 406, 414, 432, 437, 452

  qualitative approach 137

  Rader, Dennis 411, 416, 420, 424, 425, 440

  rage 186

  Ramirez, Richard 167, 428–429, 439

  rape 275, 297, 330, 354, 357, 358, 364, 367, 382, 410, 429

  brain of a rapist 399–401

  role of anger and stress 402

  theories of 403–408

  rationalists 30

  rationality 32, 107, 207, 361, 424

  reason 76, 273

  receptor 40, 48, 151

  reflex 33

  Reformation 78

  regulation 69, 70, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95–103

  drive and scientific psychology 93

  reinforcement 37, 90, 104, 109, 135, 143, 178, 179, 180, 182, 231, 238, 240, 250, 253, 256, 275, 284, 304, 311, 323, 339, 355, 359, 367, 389, 399, 408, 418, 419, 420, 433, 436, 439, 444, 452, 454, 458

  religion 22, 32, 68, 77, 78, 89, 98, 100, 110, 199, 204, 208, 211, 215, 242, 263, 305, 316, 318, 444

  remorse 362, 421

  Renaissance 83

  representations, of sex 294–295

  repression 89, 93, 101

  reserve capacity 288

  resistance, overcoming 116

  responsibility, and blame 32–33

  restraint 4, 13, 15, 37, 55, 75, 76, 77, 78, 90, 94, 98, 110, 115, 119, 120, 122, 141, 146, 156, 162, 202, 204, 205, 216, 218, 219, 222, 225, 247, 321, 336, 360, 364, 365, 412, 429, 438, 443

  reward 35, 37, 50, 54, 57, 101, 109, 122, 135, 142, 143, 147, 148, 162, 181, 186, 197, 198, 211, 223, 231, 238, 247, 250, 293, 311, 323, 338, 345, 347, 350, 364, 395, 443, 446, 450

  Ridgeway, Gary Leon 431, 439

  risk-taking 58, 62, 119, 122, 291, 362, 399

  Robinson, Terry 26

  romance 82, 269, 303, 442

  romantic love, characteristics of 271–275

  rope bridge experiment 169

  Ross, Michael 421

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 373, 385, 386, 389, 478

  Ruskin, John 206

  Russell, Bertrand 165

  Ryan, Michael 325, 331

  sadism 395–396

  sadomasochism 156, 297, 298, 357, 379, 388, 416, 455

  sadomasochistic sex 156

  safe sex 107, 220

  Saint Augustine 314

  salience 48, 51, 108, 120, 148, 151, 160, 168, 183, 246, 273, 287, 319, 335, 376, 384, 419, 422, 433, 440, 445, 446, 448, 455

  Sambia 257, 267

  satiety 52, 54, 75, 149, 183, 201, 293, 297, 308, 393, 412, 436

  satisfaction, sexual 108

  schema 401

  schizophrenia 160–161

  scripts 354

  seeking 12

  self-control 220

  and reserve 220–221

  self-esteem 15, 124, 323, 338, 391, 417

  self-image 15, 17, 57, 186, 402

  self-medication 340

  self-regulation 220

  Seligman, Martin 239

  seminal vesicles 88, 93, 94

  sensation-seeking 143, 189, 197, 246, 247, 322, 360, 399

  sensitive period 234

  sensitization 76, 84, 292, 306, 308, 324, 341, 343, 350, 422, 429

  sensory preconditioning 421

  Sergius, Father 203

  serotonin 40, 147, 201, 271, 285, 293, 328, 360

  Sewell, Brian 23

  sex

  casual 66

  group 125, 264, 301, 342

  and levels of organization 112

  sex differences 427

  sex drive 5, 18, 22, 102, 103, 106, 162, 266, 279

  sex offending 151, 309, 311, 355, 384, 440

  sex-linked murder 371

  sexual abuse 338

  sexual addiction 148, 318–321, 448

  ambivalence and conflict 325–326

  compared with other addictions 325

  and drugs 341–343

  forms taken 330–333

  incentive interpretation 334–337

  and love 343–344

  and negative emotion 338–341

  phenomena to be explained 314–317

  tolerance and escalation 326–327

  wanting and liking 336–337

  sexual arousal

  subjective 10

  sexual assault 118, 175

  sexual aversion disorder 225

  sexual behaviour, consequences of 178

  sexual behaviour sequence 104, 105, 139

  sexual deprivation 55, 70, 73, 84, 93, 97, 99, 101, 110, 185, 313, 403, 423, 445, 448

  sexual desire

  compared to drug-taking 56–57

  compared to feeding and drinking 55–56

  compared to gambling 57–58

  compared with other desires 54–59

  compared to shopping 57

  disorders of 161–162

  sexual drive 87, 89, 93, 105, 195, 197, 333–334, 345, 395, 403, 445

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  sexual frustration 10, 84, 93, 98, 101, 185, 187, 272

  sexual harassment 21

  sexual homicide 354, 367, 409–412, 447–448

  and the brain 421–422

  development of 412–417

  and personality 422–427

  role of fantasy 417–420

  victims of 427

  sexual incontinence 74

  sexual jealousy 23

  sexual offending 349

  sexual orientation 237, 260, 306, 448

  asexuality 260

  biological perspectives 253–254

  exotic-becomes-erotic 258

  role of later experience 259

  role of learning 256–258

  a social learning model 258

  timing of onset 254–256

  sexual pain 227–228

  sexual preference hypothesis 347

  sexual rehearsal 234, 237

  sexual satiety 51, 96, 98, 201, 293

  sexual variety 7, 62

  sexual violence 21, 444

  sexually transmitted diseases 55, 65, 66, 104, 220, 375, 430

  Shakespeare, William 286

  shame 233, 325, 331, 339, 385, 412, 415, 421, 422, 431

  Shipman, Harold 356–357, 359, 396

  signature behaviour 420

  simulation theory 275

  sin 32, 77, 78, 79, 85, 104, 222, 313

  Skinner box 37, 107, 150

  Skinner, Burrhus F. 229, 235, 238, 324, 359, 384

  sleeping sickness 446

  smell 129

  Smuts, Barbara 251

  social bonding 43

  social construction 314

  social learning theory 404, 405

  social norms 20, 163, 208, 239, 276, 338, 403

  sociobiology 23

  sociology 24

  soul 32, 74, 75, 77, 216, 276, 437, 438

  sowing wild oats 102

  spasm 5, 443

  species differences 117

  spending 86

  sperm competition 190

  St Augustine 78, 217, 218, 312, 315, 322

  St Paul 77, 94, 199, 202, 216, 217

  stalking 147, 284, 382, 411, 418, 419

  stimulants 289–292, 293

  stimuli

  conditional 35, 50

  Stockholm syndrome 426

  stomach 3, 5, 52, 109, 319, 435, 443

  strangling 51, 357, 430, 434, 438

  stress 9, 55, 56, 57, 63, 98, 120, 147, 180, 328, 337, 339–341, 352, 354, 359, 392, 395, 427, 446, 448

  and temptation 221

  sublimation 76, 87, 89, 98, 298

  subliminal sexual images 148

  superego 75, 90, 94, 445

  super-high 7, 9, 290, 342, 356

  supernormal stimuli 9, 63, 64, 321, 444

  Sweatt, Thomas 384, 385, 454

  Sweden 106

  swinging 125, 186, 196, 264–265, 277, 302, 426

  sympathetic nevous system 52, 168, 173, 196, 454

 

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