Well by and large people find sex more interesting than... most other topics. Also, most of the scientific community in recent years has gotten pretty careful in its treatment of inherent gender differences - as in, seldom admitting they exist much less studying them. At points, some of the researchers come across as presumptuous or offensive, with their hypotheses; I found that impression of arrogance to fade as I got through the article though, and realized that the article didn't take a stand or support any of these theories in particular - it's just presenting a summary of current research.
My point being: I had to finish reading (all 8 pages of) the article before I realized how inoffensive it is. If people just read the first page or two, where they're talking about the disparity between women's physical and mental responses, or differences between the genders, or even up to the evolutionary rape-survival trait... I can see where some of the impassioned response is coming from.
As to why people don't want it touched, my guess would be that women don't want to be told there is a right or wrong way to be sexual (not that any of the researchers are trying to do that, but I can see that fear in having an established idea of "women's sexuality"); perhaps men are resenting their dismissal? Or fearful that scientists will confirm their irrelevance to female pleasure?
In any case - I'd bet that most of the people who are upset either didn't finish it or stopped paying attention once they read something that made them angry :P
One woman commenter was actually resenting dismissal of female sexuality- apparently the article's conclusion, because it talks about how the research is at this point really incomprehensible, and therefore that means the (male) author is trying to say that women's sexuality isn't a valid topic. Regardless of the fact that he'd just written eight pages about it.
I would agree with you that most of the people who are upset probably didn't finish it.
My point being: I had to finish reading (all 8 pages of) the article before I realized how inoffensive it is. If people just read the first page or two, where they're talking about the disparity between women's physical and mental responses, or differences between the genders, or even up to the evolutionary rape-survival trait... I can see where some of the impassioned response is coming from.
As to why people don't want it touched, my guess would be that women don't want to be told there is a right or wrong way to be sexual (not that any of the researchers are trying to do that, but I can see that fear in having an established idea of "women's sexuality"); perhaps men are resenting their dismissal? Or fearful that scientists will confirm their irrelevance to female pleasure?
In any case - I'd bet that most of the people who are upset either didn't finish it or stopped paying attention once they read something that made them angry :P
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I would agree with you that most of the people who are upset probably didn't finish it.
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