Dear Dr. Milrod:<\/p>\n
What is the fascination for men regarding women who are exhibitionists?<\/p>\n
Curious Cat<\/p>\n
Dear Curious Cat:<\/p>\n
I am not so sure that men are so unequivocally fascinated with women who are exhibitionists. Depending on the male, he can also experience embarrassment, shame and a fair amount of jealousy in the face of a female exhibitionist.<\/p>\n
Of course, if the man is not connected with her personally, then he may get turned on. It’s sort of the same logic that operates when a man sees a woman who has exaggerated female features that signal fertility: swollen, puffy lips, very large breasts, a posterior that protrudes, etc. Of course most heterosexual men will look at such a woman, but will they marry her or bring her home to Mama? Not usually \u2013 and the research bears this out.<\/p>\n
So with exhibitionistic women who try to attract attention, yes, they will get it from men, but will they get “respect?” Granted, this may seem a little retrograde in terms of reasoning, but ask around and you shall find. A man may find fascination in an exhibitionist because any woman who puts herself “on display” signals “sexual availability.” Take a walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans and you’ll see it in action, with breasts flashing and the sticking out of the tongues. But there certainly is a time and place for everything and men are not so dense that they don’t get that point.<\/p>\n
Christine Milrod, Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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