Gynephilic attraction in straight women

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Gynephilic attraction in straight women refers to implicit or subtle same-sex attraction detected in self-identified heterosexual women. Research highlights a gap between explicit heterosexual identity and unconscious preferences for women. A 2025 global study found 67.8% of women showed implicit gynephilic preferences via the SP-IAT, despite only 19.6% identifying as non-heterosexual; this held across continents. Straight women often exhibit this without sexual behavior or desire. A University of Essex study found that straight women were often aroused by both male and female sexual stimuli, and that only 28% of women were mostly aroused by their preferred sex in that study Canadian sexologist Meredith Chivers found straight women show more flexible arousal patterns than straight men, including responses to both male and female sexual stimuli. Some studies also report that a substantial share of heterosexual women admit to some same-sex attraction or fantasy, even if they still identify...

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