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


社会对性骚扰和非自愿性行为的普遍关注使得在对人类性互动的任何分析中纳入同意的概念变得势在必行。这种互动遵循一系列有序的事件，从对性激励的感知开始，然后是接近它的方法，生殖器互动，最后是性高潮。每个阶段都需要合作伙伴的同意。在这一事件链的某些时刻，相关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。诸如同意与否的沟通、性决定和对伴侣发出的暗示的解释等过程是决定性的。性动机增加可能会影响这些过程。然而，现有数据可以确定增强动机没有或最多很小的影响，从而使性动机增强导致控制受损的旧假设无效。