Digital Kayak 2

The outstanding online magazine Raise the Hammer is out with a new issue. I have another article in the column Digital Kayak that Ryan has graciously made space for. Here’s a little snippet for ya:

In a study published in the October 2005 of Biological Psychology, Meredith Chivers from Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and J. Michael Bailey from Northwestern University, claim that straight men are only aroused by women, but straight women are aroused by all human sexual activity and some non-human sexual activity. In this case, non-human means bonobo monkeys.

Eighteen men and eighteen women participated in the study. Devices intended to measure sexual stimulation were attached to the participants, and then they were shown a variety of video clips showing sexual activity, including one scene featuring bonobos (bonobos on bonobos, that is – no “interspecies” videos were shown). The men were not aroused by the monkey business but according to the study, the same could not be said for the women.

Yes, that’s right: monkey sex. If that’s got you salivating – and, well, even if it doesn’t – go read the full column.