The generalized social concern with sexual harassment and nonconsensual sex makes it imperative to incorporate notions of consent in any analysis of human sexual interactions. Such interactions follow an ordered sequence of events, starting with the perception of a sexual incentive, followed by an approach to it, genital interaction, and eventually orgasm. Consent from the partner is needed at every stage. At some points in this chain of events, the individuals involved make cognitive evaluations of the context and predictions of the likelihood for obtaining consent for proceeding to the next phase. Processes such as communication of consent or lack thereof, sexual decision making, and interpretation of cues emitted by the partner are decisive. Increased sexual motivation may influence these processes. However, available data make it possible to ascertain that enhanced motivation has no, or at most minor, effects, thereby invalidating the old assumption that heightened sexual motivation leads to impaired control.

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性激励动机和性行为：同意的作用


对性骚扰和非自愿性行为的普遍社会关注使得必须将同意的概念纳入对人类性互动的任何分析中。这种互动遵循一系列有序的事件，从对性刺激的感知开始，然后是接近它、生殖器互动，最后是性高潮。每个阶段都需要得到合作伙伴的同意。在这一系列事件中的某些时刻，所涉及的个人对背景进行认知评估，并预测获得同意进入下一阶段的可能性。同意或不同意的沟通、性决策以及对伴侣发出的暗示的解释等过程是决定性的。性动机的增加可能会影响这些过程。然而，现有数据可以确定，增强的动机没有影响，或者最多没有影响，从而推翻了“性动机增强会导致控制力受损”的旧假设。