 Given that the pleasure view understands sexual desire in terms of an object (pleasure), we can describe it as “object-based”. An alternative is the “feature-based” approach, which defines “sexual desire” in terms of “sexual arousal” (Jacobsen 2017). Sexual arousal is a state we find ourselves in—it is basically the state of being turned on or horny, manifested in erections, lubricated vaginas, flushed faces, and “tingling earlobes” (Jacobsen 2017: 35; cf. Shaffer 1978). Because this state is enjoyable, we often induce it in ourselves: we think about sex in order to be sexually aroused (Jacobsen 2017: 34–35). “Sexual desire” is then 