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Feds' Pay-for-porn Arouses Critics
By RITA DELFINER
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December 24, 2002 --
Uncle Sam wants you - to get all hot and bothered.
A true-blue, federally funded study is paying women 20 to 40 up to $75 to watch porn flicks so researchers can determine "what types of audiovisual erotica women find sexually arousing."
A woman who takes part in the $147,000 study at Northwestern University would insert a tampon-sized probe into her vagina that monitors her getting turned on as she watches X-rated film clips. The research is funded by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development.
Northwestern psychology Professor Michael Bailey's research is intended to assess the "arousal of 180 lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women as they watch erotic video clips of lesbian, gay or heterosexual interactions," the Washington Times yesterday quoted him as saying.
"We have some really great results on it and I think it's going to make a big splash," he said of the two-year study that began in September 2001.
Sexologist Joanne Marrow, a psychology professor at California State University at Sacramento - who is not part of Bailey's study - said its findings may help improve a woman's self-esteem and rev up communication with her sex partner.
NICHD spokesman Robert Bock said it's hoped the findings will help in the battle against sexually transmitted diseases.
"People are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior when they are sexually aroused, so a better understanding of sexual arousal is important to developing more effective strategies," he said.
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