Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

THE BIOLOGY OF SEX1'amour." It isnoteworthy that in novels written bywomen there is a frequent attentiveness to the qualities ofthe hero's voice and to its emotional effects on theheroine, while in real life women often fall in love with aman's voice, sometimes even before they have seen him.Vaschide and Vurpas have pointed out that,absence of specific localized sexual effects,even in thethe physiologicaleffects of music on women closely resemble those ofsexual excitement. Most normal educated women areliable to experience some degree of definite sexual excitementfrom music, though not always from the same kindof music. In neuropathic subjects the influence may occasionallybe more pronounced, and in some morbid subjects(Vaschide and Vurpas remark) sexual relations cannottake place unless aided by music.It is significant that the evolution of puberty tends tobe accompanied by a marked interest in musical and otherkinds of art. The majority of young people of educatedclass, and especially girls, feel an impulse to art about theperiod of puberty, lasting a few months, or at most a yearor two. According to one series of observations, nearly 5in 6 showed an increased and passionate love for music,the curve culminating at the age of 15 and falling rapidlyafter 16.(4) VisionTo a large extent vision has slowly superseded the othersenses and become the main channel by which we receiveour impressions. Its range is practically infinite; it isaptfor either abstract or intimate uses. It furnishes the basison which a number of arts make their appeal, while it isalso the sense on which we chiefly rely in exercising theanimal function of nutrition. It is not surprising thatfrom the viewpoint of sexual selection vision should be[63]