48 Informaciones Psiquiátricas 2025 - nº 259 from different health fields, including qualified psychiatrists and clinical psychologists (1,2). Results and Discussion Explicit sexual seduction Sexual behaviour is regulated by both subcortical and cortical brain structures that act in orchestration together (3). It seems that public female sexualisation has been on the rise since the sexual “liberation” or “revolution” began in the USA mid-last century. Interestingly, this hypersexualisation is still very much in evidence in societies that have made progress towards gender parity. Sexuality is a common indirect marker of intra- and inter-sexual competitiveness, more so in women than in men, a marker that can be even more competitive in certain contexts (4,5). Relevant research has revealed that socio-economic status and income inequality exacerbate female sexualisation (6,7). The belief that sexuality is a powerful social value can lead to what might be called sexual “objectification”, mainly of women and older girls as a dominant sexualising trend in today’s society (8-12). Seduction is mobilised by desire. There is a lack of theoretical and especially empirical knowledge about how sexual desire functions and interacts in interpersonal relationships and beyond (13). In long-term relationships between partners, discrepancy in sexual desire often occurs. It is well understood that sexual objectification, when it exists, and sexual desire are not the same thing. Objectification, which does not mean misogyny, implies that one person plays the active role of the subject and the other the object. From a feminist perspective, it is a form of survival and renewal of sexist discrimination in the context of modern democratic societies (14). The influence of the media on the development of people’s sexual hetero- and selfobjectification is well known (15). Sexual attraction is natural and seduction is ritualistic. Environmental context significantly influences men’s sexual interest, independent of affective cues of reciprocal fascination, women’s dress or attractiveness (16). Sexuality, which is becoming cemented along with the modern social construct that is called gender identity, is seductive for both men and women, although more so for the former (17). A woman’s sexual interest perceived by men and by other women is based not only on a woman’s non-verbalised affection, but also on her attire and personal attractiveness (18). Seduction is also relational and the relationship involves activity, so it can be said that seduction is a reciprocal action. Sexualising is a sure way to generate direct attraction and, usually, some indirect recruitment has been promoted beforehand. Seduction of any type and gender of person is usually a more or less sexualised and more José Manuel Bertolín-Guillén
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