"These findings are consistent with the approach of evolutionary psychology related to sexuality. Two days after ovulation is the second half of the menstrual cycle in most women. The thought of having sex really is not that important at this time because he will not get pregnant," said the researcher, Jeffrey Rudski, from Muhlenberg College, as quoted by LiveScience, Tuesday (03/01/2011).
Previous research on female arousal has been shown that women's sexual interest and desire to change during the menstrual cycle. Women prefer men with masculine faces during the fertile period. A study in 2011 found that women tend to wear sexy clothes during the fertile period, seem to want to show passion for sex that is caused by hormones.
Rudski and the team chose paintings from famous artists to the style of painting flowers resemble the shape of the vagina, which is Georgia O'Keeffe. Researchers selected five of the most erotic paintings O'Keeffe. To distract research participants, researchers chose paintings from other artists is not very erotic paintings according to researchers.
The researchers conducted an online survey by sending one painting from each artist to 83 female volunteers every six days for one month. The women were asked to answer questions about stress, emotion, and response to art. They were then asked to write freely about the meaning of art for them. At the end of the study, they were asked about the use of hormonal contraception and her menstrual cycle length.
The participants saw O'Keeffe painting it describes sexual things other than painting and saw the painting resembles the vagina. The response depends on hormonal conditions.
Among women not taking birth control pills, 31 percent write sexual themes during the first half of the menstrual cycle and as much as 9 percent during the second half periods that are less fertile. But women who take birth control pills showed no significant difference in his writings, regardless of the menstrual time.
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