Area of heightened sensitivity of the body, touching which may elicit a sexual response
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Some human erogenous zones
An erogenous zone (from Greek ἔρως, érōs "love"; and English -genous "producing", from Greek -γενής, -genḗs "born") is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation of which may generate a sexual response, such as relaxation, sexual fantasies, sexual arousal and orgasm.
Erogenous zones are located all over the human body, but the sensitivity of each varies, and depends on concentrations of nerve endings that can provide pleasurable sensations when stimulated. The touching of another person's erogenous zone is regarded as an act of physical intimacy. Whether a person finds stimulation in these areas to be pleasurable or objectionable depends on a range of factors, including their level of arousal, the circumstances in which it takes place, the cultural context, the nature of the relationship between the partners, and the partners' personal histories.
Erogenous zones may be classified by the type of sexual response that they generate. Many people are gently aroused when their eyelids, eyebrows, temples, shoulders, hands, arms, and hair are subtly touched. Gently touching or stroking of these zones stimulates a partner during foreplay and increases the arousal level. Also, the gentle massage or stroke of the abdominal area along with kissing or simply touching the navel can be a type of stimulation.
An erogenouszone (from Greek ἔρως, érōs "love"; and English -genous "producing", from Greek -γενής, -genḗs "born") is an area of the human body that has...
and speech. Human lips are also a somatosensory organ, and can be an erogenouszone when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy. The upper and lower...
months and three years. According to Freud, the anus is the primary erogenouszone and pleasure is derived from controlling bladder and bowel movement...
raphe is visible and pronounced to varying degrees. The perineum is an erogenouszone. This area is also known as the taint or gooch in American slang. The...
wherein the infant's libido (desire) centers upon their genitalia as the erogenouszone. When children become aware of their bodies, the bodies of other children...
an erogenouszone. The zoologist Desmond Morris in his book The Naked Ape (1967) conjectured that the lobes developed as an additional erogenouszone to...
development stage wherein the mouth of the infant is their primary erogenouszone. Spanning the life period from birth to the age of 18 months, the oral...
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models to emphasize the buttocks. The buttocks have been considered an erogenouszone in Western thought for centuries; the eroticization of the female buttocks...
has a relatively high concentration of nerve endings and can be an erogenouszone, and so the recipient may receive pleasure from external anal stimulation...
the genital—in which the source of libido pleasure is in a different erogenouszone of the infant's body. The idea of the Electra complex is not widely...
of ICD-10 and DSM-IV. Breasts, and especially nipples, are highly erogenouszones, for both men and women. Nipple and breast stimulation of women are...
Winkelmann (1959) documented that the mucocutaneous boundary is a "specific erogenouszone with rete ridges where the nerve endings rise closer to the surface"...
forms of physical interaction with the navel. The navel region is an erogenouszone with heightened sensitivity that when touched by the finger or the tip...
public as immodest or indecent. Breasts, especially the nipples, are an erogenouszone. The English word breast derives from the Old English word brēost ('breast...
the labia, clitoris, G-spot, uterus, the breasts, the anus and other erogenouszones. Yoni massage is the female equivalent of a Lingam massage. The massage...
pubic hair on the labia majora becomes more sparse. The labia are an erogenouszone. In particular, the labia minora are sexually responsive, and sensitivity...
are some of the partialisms commonly found among people: Body worship Erogenouszone American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical...
the neotantric movement in the Western world massages the primary erogenouszones of the body, those being the mouth, the phallus (penis), the vagina...
Secret Passion of Robert Clayton". Entertainment Weekly. "Battle in the ErogenousZone (1991)". Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. "Island City...
former American actor. Palatas has appeared in short films including The ErogenousZone, Love, and Air We Breathe and has been in several ads. In 2009, he played...
distal end of the human penis that is the human male's most sensitive erogenouszone and primary anatomical source of sexual pleasure. The glans penis is...
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