synapses 40, 41
system
high-level 120
low-level 113
Tantric sex techniques 91
temporal lobes 51, 146
temptation 22, 62, 76, 78, 80, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 119, 135, 286, 329, 335–336, 340, 364, 394, 435, 444, 447
actions 224–225
and the brain 222–223
classical accounts 215–218
and conflict 215–223
thoughts 223–224
testosterone 31, 32, 40, 42, 48, 106, 151, 154, 197, 202, 230, 248, 253, 254, 257, 266, 284, 309, 427
thought suppression 73, 224
Tillich, Hannah 346
Tillich, Paul 32, 346
Toda 124, 125
tolerance 336
Tolstoy, Count Leo 84, 86, 89, 98, 123, 203, 205, 209, 216, 220, 223, 224, 311
Toppan, Jane 425
Trachtenberg, Peter 4, 5, 7, 123, 184, 209, 338, 340, 341, 483
transgression 17, 32, 65, 93, 117, 165, 167, 194, 196, 202, 211, 216, 226, 236, 270, 317, 348, 372, 381, 390, 396, 399, 415
transsexualism 376
transvestism 347, 376–377
transvestophile 373
trauma, tendency to repeat 355–359
triune brain ix, 43, 44
two component theory 272
ultimate high 410, 421
uncertainty 2, 8, 54, 57, 58, 59, 64, 91, 147, 149, 165, 167, 192, 194, 198, 247, 270, 323, 372, 443, 445
unconscious processing 12
unconscious processes 34
United Kingdom 106
United States 14, 72, 92, 102, 106, 137, 139, 210, 217, 251, 318, 425
University of Michigan 24
unsafe sex 11, 157, 219, 291, 308
Unterweger, Jack 167, 413, 423
urge suppression 52
urination 97, 108
uterine fury 81
Utopia 79, 80
vaginal lubrication 171
vaginismus 226–227
variations in desire, general principles 346–349
variety, sexual see sexual variety
vasocongestion 170
Vaughan, William 81
ventral striatum 50, 187, 310, 451, 454
ventral tegmental area (VTA) 51, 451
Victorian 2, 3, 14, 71, 85, 86, 89, 165, 206, 209, 305, 312, 358, 370, 378
violent offending 447
violent sex 446
voyeurism 11, 59, 167, 330, 346, 353, 354, 370–372, 378, 410, 428, 429, 446
vulva 234, 383
Walpola Rahula 71
Walter 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 54, 86, 89, 165, 184, 185, 188, 207, 209, 305, 339, 358, 370, 378
wanting 12, 57, 72, 73, 107, 108, 114, 128, 141, 142, 143, 147, 149, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 182, 184, 205, 275, 279, 296, 326, 445, 446
differences between individuals 144
as distinct from liking 24–27, 297, 336–337
link to arousal/liking 183–184
Watson, John 93
Weber, Jeanne 425
West, Fred 396, 423, 424, 440
West, Rosemary 357, 396, 423, 426, 440
Westermarck, Edward 241
Williams, Colonel Russell 382, 415, 424
willpower 135, 220
withdrawal effect 273
withdrawal symptoms 56, 219, 319, 324, 325, 334, 359
withdrawal syndrome 339
Woods, Tiger 314
working memory 121
working model 231–233, 436, 453
Wournos, Aileen 425
Zaire 65
Zola, Emile 7, 261, 299
zoophilia 208
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