It's science: you have no morals during PMO

A pop-sci article about this study made the front page of reddit today, so I went to find the original study. The conclusion is that an aroused person becomes single-minded on orgasm and will disregard morals and preferences that they would have kept in mind if they had not been aroused.

Scientists had 100 men (control group) respond to a brief survey about controversial/unusual sexual practices. Then 100 different men (experimental group) responded to the same survey while masturbating. On some questions, the number of "yes" responses doubled (although there's an arithmetic error in here, so pay attention).



Furthermore the men masturbating reported more willingness to commit date rape and less willingness to use a condom.



Citation:
Ariely, D. and Loewenstein, G. (2006), The heat of the moment: the effect of sexual arousal on sexual decision making. J. Behav. Decis. Making, 19: 87–98. doi:10.1002/bdm.501