Scott considers that female beauty has
come to be regarded as typical of ideal beauty, and thus tends to
produce an emotional effect on both sexes alike. It is certainly
rare to find any aesthetic admiration of men among women, except
in the case of women who have had some training in art. In this
matter it would seem that woman passively accepts the ideals of
man. "Objects which excite a man's desire," Colin Scott remarks,
"are often, if not generally, the same as those affecting woman.
The female body has a sexually stimulating effect upon both
sexes. Statues of female forms are more liable than those of male
form to have a stimulating effect upon women as well as men. The
evidence of numerous literary expressions seems to show that
under the influence of sexual excitement a woman regards her body
as made for man's gratification, and that it is this complex
emotion which forms the initial stage, at least, of her own
pleasure. Her body is the symbol for her partner, and indirectly
for her, through his admiration of it, of their mutual joy and
satisfaction." (Colin Scott, "Sex and Art," _American Journal of
Psychology_, vol.
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