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It could very well be that. And not to give you reassurance but the brain can react to anything that you find attractive or noteworthy or anything that stands out. It doesn’t care whether you’re sexually attracted to something or not , it sends signals regardless so that has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Arousal and orientation are two different things and people who always equate them ( obviously there are many many times where they go together fine , which is usually the case ) are ignorant. But try to accept that you don’t truly know if it means anything and try to be okay with the fact that you’ll never know for sure.
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Interesting differentiating between arousal and orientation...never realized that. Thanks for comment. I have no clue really
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Yes ^^^ Also, myself, like many other girls are majorly turned on by lesbian porn. It doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian, I’d never be with a girl in a romantic way and I know I’m straight and will always like guys. anything that even hints at being sexual can also be arousing, especially for guys. Someone tweeted ages ago that whenever his girlfriend ties her back he gets turned on because she always does that before she goes down on him ? our minds are weird
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Haha yes. We are animals, so by instinct we are focussed on trying to mate - males can only mate when they are aroused, so are easilyyyyyy aroused. It’s nature haha
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Yeah many people are unaware of it , it’s called arousal non concordance.
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Yeah exactly !! Just goes to show the power your brain has over you even when your mind completely disagrees with it ??
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