https://www.therelationshipblog.net/2016/08/female-sexual-responsiveness/

More significantly, Rosemary Basson at the University of British Columbia (2005), determined that, unlike male sexual response which is more frequently spontaneous, much of female sexual desire is actually responsive rather than spontaneous. A woman may not necessarily experience any desire at first at all; rather, once approached and sexually stimulated by her partner, sexual desire emerges and motivates her to continue the activity.

From this point of sexual neutrality — where a woman is receptive to being sexual but does not initiate sexual activity — the desire for intimacy prompts her to remain open to becoming sexually aroused

This supports my long-standing suspicion that women don't actually feel desire, but allow their partners (for reasons of relationship harmony) to stimulate them. Doesn't sound much like enthusiastic consent, does it?

No wonder, so many men have trouble getting women interested in them, when most women cannot feel spontaneous desire. It is not just socialization differences between genders, cultural shaming, etc. There are fundamental differences in sexuality between men & women that does not bode well for future of relationships.

Edit: Bassom's paper is here:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/009262300278641

I guess downvotes are par for the course, even if the conclusions are from academic papers, if it goes against the new dogma that men and women are sexually identical.