It is believed that when perceiving sexual interest, men who feel good may misattribute their positive feelings to women. — pexels.com pic
She added that one shouldn’t trust one’s own perceptions as they were always biases and were often not accurate.However, she said that it has been proven that men often overestimate women’s sexual interest, and are commonly found to be inaccurate in their predictions when compared to women. Social psychologist and Monash University Malaysia lecturer Dr Goh Pei Hwa recently published a study on mood and perception of sexual interest in different cultural contexts. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
However, she said this is complimented by the nurture component such as social norms that emphasis on men’s sexual confidence. According to her, society also views girls who are promiscuous as sluts but for men, it is a sign of masculinity.