## A "phallometric" test? Really?

Post by snobound » Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:20 pm

Take a gander at this story from the BBC website. I can't believe such a thing exists.
I'm curious to see what you folks think. I'll comment later...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11954499
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### Re: A "phallometric" test? Really?

Post by sarobah » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:56 pm

Quote: The Czech governmentâ€™s human rights commissioner, meanwhile, has described the phallometric tests as â€œundignifiedâ€.
Exactly.
And hereâ€™s one for all you connoisseurs of irony:
http://www.skepdic.com/penilep.html
â€œThe results of this study indicate that individuals who score in the homophobic range and admit negative affect toward homosexuality demonstrate significant sexual arousal to male homosexual erotic stimuli.â€
Words, like Nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.