ud ity , ▁er ot ica ▁or ▁por n ography ▁sex ually ▁ar ous ing . ▁This ▁may ▁generate ▁a ▁general ▁sexual ▁interest ▁that ▁is ▁satisfied ▁by ▁sexual ▁activity . ▁When ▁sexual ▁ar ous al ▁is ▁achieved ▁by ▁or ▁dependent ▁on ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁objects , ▁it ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁sexual ▁fet ish ism , ▁or ▁in ▁some ▁instances ▁a ▁par aph ilia . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁belief ▁that ▁women ▁need ▁more ▁time ▁to ▁achieve ▁ar ous al . ▁However , ▁recent ▁scientific ▁research ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁considerable ▁difference ▁for ▁the ▁time ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁require ▁to ▁become ▁fully ▁ar oused . ▁Scient ists ▁from ▁McG ill ▁University ▁Health ▁Centre ▁in ▁Montreal ▁( in ▁Canada ) ▁used ▁the ▁method ▁of ▁thermal ▁imag ing ▁to ▁record ▁bas eline ▁temperature ▁change ▁in ▁gen ital ▁area ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁time ▁necessary ▁for ▁sexual ▁ar ous al . ▁Research ers ▁studied ▁the ▁time ▁required ▁for ▁an ▁individual ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁peak ▁of ▁sexual ▁ar ous al ▁while ▁watching ▁sex ually ▁explicit ▁mov ies ▁or ▁pictures ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁conclusion ▁that ▁on ▁average ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁took ▁almost ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁for ▁sexual ▁ar ous al   — ▁around ▁ 1 0 ▁minutes . ▁The ▁time ▁needed ▁for ▁fore play ▁is ▁very ▁individual istic ▁and ▁var ies ▁from ▁one ▁time ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁depending ▁on ▁many ▁circumstances . ▁ ▁Un like ▁many ▁other ▁animals , ▁humans ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁m ating ▁season , ▁and ▁both ▁sex es ▁are ▁potentially ▁capable