WHY is a nuzzled neck sexy when few would be turned on by a nuzzled  nose? And why do men seem to have fewer erogenous zones than women? A  new study has measured just how erotic the human body bits are – and  there are a few surprises for neuroscientists.
In the research,  billed as the first “systematic survey of the magnitude of erotic  sensations from various body parts”, surprisingly found that feet were  not considered sexually attractive by the 800 people, mostly from  Britain and sub-Saharan Africa, who took part in the study.
Men  and women listed the 41 body parts they were asked to rate in remarkably  similar order. The obvious bits of genitalia were at the top of the  rankings, as were lips, ears and inner thighs, followed closely by  shoulder blades.
There were a few major differences between the  sexes – the back of the leg was barely acknowledged by women, for  instance, while men rated it as important as their ears. Hands were also  more erotic for men than for women, researchers found.
It was  discovered from this that we all share the same erogenous zones in at  least two very different continents, whether we are a white,  middle-aged, middle-class woman sitting in a London office or a gay man  living in a village in Africa. It suggests it is hardwired, built in,  not based on cultural or life experience.
The central issue is not so much where the erogenous zones are, but why non-genital ones are erogenous.
A  lot of people think that science shouldn’t be looking at such things,  but if it’s something that human beings are interested in – and we  clearly are around sex and intimacy – then it’s something scientists  should study.
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