"Men are visually sexual", is there any science to back this up?

Question

I frequently hear men say that they are visually sexual, meaning some aspect of their biology relies on visual stimulus for sexual arousal. Some point to the diverse marketing of women's bodies as evidence of this. The statement seems do shun the "nurture" side of the nature V nurture argument, so I am curious: Does science lend any credence to some biologically visual development in human male sexuality?

Jennifer, this makes me wonder: Is the activity of the hypothalamus conditioned to this( getting back to the NatureV Nurture arguement).

Answer 1

.....Check out these reports -
http://www.nature.com/ijir/journal/v19/n1/full/3901493a.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/health/16SEX.html?ei=5007&en=5c80240f190de558&ex=1394773200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position=
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EFDB1631F935A25750C0A9629C8B63&sec=health&pagewanted=all
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040414/news_1c14sex.html

Answer 2

Just look at the shape of women's breasts. Science teach you that. the best suited shape, comfortable for the infant and mother, regarding the human anatomy, would be that of a fat banana. But breast is shaped round and spherical. A lot of infnats die as a result of smothering while breast feeding when the mother falls asleep. If evolution did this otherwise inconvenient modification to female breasts of human beings, it should be having a valid purpose. What is the purpose then?

Answer 3

All you have to do is look at the Internet sex sites... they are all geared towards men. And it is a big booming business.

Men need healthy looking women because they think they will perform best sexually. The healthy ones will probably be most likely to make healthy babies and raise those babies to be happy. Who wants and ugly mommy or an ugly wife?

Answer 4

yes their is science behind it

you see men and women see attractiveness differently

women find males that make the best fathers more apealling while men find the most fertile women more apealing

so that means that women are attracted to men that make better fathers and men are attracted to women who are more fertile.

so the way to tell if someone is a better father is their personality, which is why women value that more when looking for partners, and the way to find someone who is more fertile is their apearence, which is why they value apearence more

now give me ten points lol

Answer 5

so are girls not visually sexual. i havent seen any girls with any bums lately. tell me if you do.

Answer 6

it means you like!

Answer 7

No, i don't think so...

Answer 8

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

http://www.chinapage.org/story/beauty.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100.html

Beauty in eyes of beholder, study confirms:

WASHINGTON: When it comes to something pleasant, it seems that the phrase "easy on the eyes" may hold more truth than earlier believed, for a study has found that objects or people appear more attractive when the mind can process their looks faster.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2037080.cms

Scientists ponder beauty and the eye of the beholder:
Evidence increasingly suggests the human brain is hard-wired for aesthetics.

http://www.sigidiart.com/Docs/beauty.htm

The real secret behind male sexual
excitation lies with feromones
in the armpits of ladies.

Imagine an invisible, undetectable force that's powerful
enough to override your sense of reason yet draws you
to someone with an almost animal passion. These aren't
Cupid's mythological arrows, but real shots of human
pheromones.

http://health.discovery.com/centers/sex/aphrodisiacs/phermones.html

Welcome to The Scent of Eros:
Mysteries of Odor in Human Sexuality -

'Scientists in Philadelphia have established for the first
time that the human body produces pheromones, special
aromatic chemical compounds discharged by one individual
that affect the sexual physiology of another'....

http://www.athenainstitute.com/discovery.html

Do pheromones work in human sexual attraction?

They may be odorless and colorless and their function may be
mysterious, but human pheromones at last have the zest of
scientific truth. Researchers at the University of Chicago
have demonstrated that compounds swabbed from the
'underarms' of young women at different times of the month
can alter the length of other women's menstrual cycles,
compressing or expanding the cycles in predictable
fashion....

http://www.ishipress.com/humanodo.htm

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9803/11/pheromones/index.html

What is the force that lights the fuse between two
complete strangers? What current pulses through their veins,
engorges their hearts, occupies their minds and numbs their
texting fingers? Ah, if only

I knew. As magic formulas go, sexual chemistry must surely
be the most valuable. It's intoxicating effects are more
pleasurable and more powerful than any drug and when it hits,
it hits hard. There are the rushes of ecstacy, the gut wrenching
anticipation, fluttering, dizziness, and the diminished
concentration that turns day-dreaming into a full-time job.
And then there are the side effects. A positively Colombian
annihilation of appetite and its confidence- boosting by-product,
weight loss. And it is free. And it is legal. It is bloody amazing.

But no one knows what "it" is. Scientists have managed to
map our genetic blueprint. They understand the subtleties
of hormones and the complexities of the emotional brain.
But the thing that makes two people click remains a mystery.
Theories abound as to what, or why. Those looking for a
magic bullet (or Cupid's arrow) tend to favour the notion
of pheromones - scents secreted by the sweat glands in the
'armpits' and pubic hair. And the relatively recent discovery
of the vomeronasal organ, a small chemo-sensory structure in
the human nose, lends the concept some weight.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030629/ai_n12741733

Science of Love - Cupid's Chemistry:

There are, in fact, three distinct stages of love; each with
their own characteristic emotional profile and scientific explanation.

First is lust. Lust is driven by our sex hormones testosterone
and oestrogen. These hormones are what get us 'out on the pull'.
After lust comes attraction. This is the love-struck phase;
the time when we lose our appetite, can't sleep, and can't
concentrate. This is what we know as falling in love.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/clairemcloughlincolumn1.htm/