arousal

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In 1936, Wilhelm Reich commented that sex education of his time was a work of deception, focusing on biology while concealing excitement-arousal, which is what a pubescent individual is mostly interested in.

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  1. The act of arousing or awakening; the state of being aroused or awakened. The arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare. Cognition of these relations [between the organism and some noxious agent] will determine the arousal of some antagonistic feeling. Mind, IX. 342.

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  • Wicked curl of her mouth at the arousal, and piercing cry of fulfillment. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Her hair brushed the ceiling of the car and the steering wheel pressed into her back as she settled around his arousal, her dress hiked up to expose the garter belt she wore. —  Stephanie Bond - Irresistible
  • With her went his arousal, and in place of it, he felt a vague unease in the pit of his stomach. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 03 - March 1999
  • His body was still in a state of full arousal, and images of Cordelia flooded his mind. —  Prince of the Night
  • As I looked at my young son I sensed his arousal, the nervousness born of excitement and it frightened me, it was suddenly obscene. —  XXXX
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