While most men feel physically and mentally aroused at the same time, women’s minds are less likely to reflect bodily arousal, researchers found.

Researchers found that some women did not realise they were aroused, even though their physical reactions clearly betrayed that they were.

Feelings of guilt and shame around sex could explain this, the research team believes.

“Some women show (physical) responses without reporting any experience of sexual arousal,” according to the findings.

“Self-reported sexual arousal is subject to impression management – as in the greater reluctance among women high in sex guilt to report feeling sexually aroused."...