From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2003 - 15:45:48 MDT
> >From: "Spike"
>
> >>We are instructed to dismount the bike and *walk*
> >>it across the street or intersection.
> >>I ask you: is this not absurd? Do motorcyclists
> >>push their bikes across the intersection?...
>
> Very true. Plus as you and I know (being bike owners), there ain't no
> one
> who'll tell a biker where he can "push" his mount :) James...
>
> Ja, and I wish someone could explain to me
> why it is that riding a motorcycle causes all
> women in view to appear more attractive, by a good
> half a standard deviation. Do men appear more
> attractive to female motorcycle riders? What
> about homosexual motorcycle riders: does their
> bike cause their favorite gender to look more
> attractive? And why is it that a woman on her
> own motorcycle drives us mad with desire,
> regardless of her other socially redeeming
> qualities or lack thereof?
>
> Could there be some fundamental explanation I am
> missing? Such as the weather is usually warmer and
> nicer when we are riding, so the women on the street
> would be wearing more flattering, more revealing
> clothing? Perhaps seat applies direct pressure
> to the prostate, which somehow triggers a surge
> of hormones or an increase of semen pressure on
> the brain? Or is it just that we are in a better
> mood when riding? All of the above?
>
That might partially explain the increased desire of the one riding, but it
won't account for the increased desire of the one watching the rider. I
haven't ever ridden a motorcycle personally. I know many women personally
who are attracted to motorcycle riding men; those same women tend to be the
ones that are turned on by "bad boy" types. The standard explanation for
that attraction is probably well known.
Why one would feel increased desire while riding may in part be (some of)
the physical and visual stimulation you suggested. I would also suggest that
it is in part the effect of knowing that women who see you on a bike will
(often) find you more desirable (as the bad boy); it is probably commonly
known that knowing someone desires you can cause you yourself to become
aroused. Very helpful for procreation. If you could convince yourself that
everyone who saw you riding was extremely turned off sexually by you, do you
think that you would have the same increase in desire?
--karen
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