Perceptions of coercive sexual behavior by males and females

Sex Roles ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 21-21 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 569-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Garcia ◽  
Laureen Milano ◽  
Annette Quijano
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Coercive Sexual Behavior

scholarly journals Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 365 (6456) ◽  
pp. eaat7693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ganna ◽  
Karin J. H. Verweij ◽  
Michel G. Nivard ◽  
Robert Maier ◽  
Robbee Wedow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Genetic Architecture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Males And Females

Twin and family studies have shown that same-sex sexual behavior is partly genetically influenced, but previous searches for specific genes involved have been underpowered. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 477,522 individuals, revealing five loci significantly associated with same-sex sexual behavior. In aggregate, all tested genetic variants accounted for 8 to 25% of variation in same-sex sexual behavior, only partially overlapped between males and females, and do not allow meaningful prediction of an individual’s sexual behavior. Comparing these GWAS results with those for the proportion of same-sex to total number of sexual partners among nonheterosexuals suggests that there is no single continuum from opposite-sex to same-sex sexual behavior. Overall, our findings provide insights into the genetics underlying same-sex sexual behavior and underscore the complexity of sexuality.

scholarly journals Auditory experience controls the maturation of song discrimination and sexual response in Drosophila

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Li ◽  
Hiroshi Ishimoto ◽  
Azusa Kamikouchi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Song Learning ◽  
Song Perception ◽  
Auditory Experience ◽  
Song Discrimination ◽  
Integration Node ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Acoustic Exposure ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Molecular Nature

In birds and higher mammals, auditory experience during development is critical to discriminate sound patterns in adulthood. However, the neural and molecular nature of this acquired ability remains elusive. In fruit flies, acoustic perception has been thought to be innate. Here we report, surprisingly, that auditory experience of a species-specific courtship song in developing Drosophila shapes adult song perception and resultant sexual behavior. Preferences in the song-response behaviors of both males and females were tuned by social acoustic exposure during development. We examined the molecular and cellular determinants of this social acoustic learning and found that GABA signaling acting on the GABAA receptor Rdl in the pC1 neurons, the integration node for courtship stimuli, regulated auditory tuning and sexual behavior. These findings demonstrate that maturation of auditory perception in flies is unexpectedly plastic and is acquired socially, providing a model to investigate how song learning regulates mating preference in insects.

The victimizing effect of violent socialization: Intimate partner use of coercive sexual practices transnationally

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2199406
Author(s):  
Aimée X. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Violent Socialization ◽  
Childhood Violence ◽  
Predictive Processes ◽  
Coercive Sexual Behavior

Research seems to focus more on examining predictors of sexual victimization rather than violent experiences predicting coercive sexual behaviors. Little research explores victim to offender associations. The present study expands current literature by exploring transnational differences in which coercive sexual behaviors manifest from childhood violence experiences. Do experiences of violence during childhood impact the use of coercive sexual behaviors? Multilevel modeling regression analysis, used on data from the International Dating Violence Study, reveal several interesting findings: (1) violent socialization from families is associated with coercive sexual behavior, (2) violent socialization from the community is associated with coercive sexual behavior, and (3) nations where violent socialization is more prevalent, the average level of coercive sexual behaviors tends to increase. Identifying predictive processes for sexual coercion is important. Sexual coercion may be represented in subtle day to day interactions that over time instill a sense of violence normality and further perpetuate victimization.

Rhinencephalon and Behavior

1956 ◽  
Vol 184 (3) ◽  
pp. 486-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Schreiner ◽  
Arthur Kling
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Amygdaloid Complex ◽  
Lynx Rufus ◽  
Domestic Cats ◽  
Experimental Animals ◽  
Copulatory Activity ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Behavior

Lesions of the rhinencephalon, primarily restricted to the amygdaloid complex, modify aggressive behavior of lynxes ( Lynx rufus), agoutis ( Dasyprocta agouti), monkeys ( Macacus rhesus) and domestic cats toward relative docility and precipitate a state of chronic hypersexuality. Relative docility was characterized by failure of the experimental animals to exhibit aggressive behavior, fear, or escape activity in the presence of threatening situations which precipitated such behavior in their preoperative periods. Hypersexuality was exhibited by marked increases in copulatory activity with males and females of their own and other animal species. It is concluded that the rhinencephalon and its diencephalic connections, in association with endocrine systems, are important regulators of emotional and sexual behavior of rodents, carnivores and primates.

Characteristics of Sexual Behavior in Spanish Adolescents

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 471-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Teva ◽  
Mª Paz Bermúdez ◽  
Gualberto Buela-Casal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Steady Partner ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Mean

The aim of this study is to describe some characteristics of the sexual behavior of adolescents in Spain and to compare these characteristics according to gender, using a cross-sectional survey. Participants were 1.279 male and female adolescents who reported having had sexual intercourse. A questionnaire about sexual behavior was applied at their high schools and during school hours. Data were collected between 2006 and 2007. Mean age at the onset of sexual intercourse was 14.8 years in males and 15.0 years in females. Males and females were different according to the type of partner at the last sexual intercourse: 63.0% of males had a steady partner compared to 90.5% of females (p<0.01). The mean number of sexual partners during the last 12 months was higher in males than in females (M= 2.1 andM= 1.5 partners, for males and females, respectively,p<0.01). 50.0% of males had sexual intercourse under the effects of drugs versus 39.3% of females (p<0.01). STD and HIV prevention programs should be designed considering the differences according to adolescents’ sex.

Validation of Acceptance of Coercive Sexual Behavior (ACSB)

Assessment ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andra L. Teten ◽  
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall ◽  
Caesar Pacifici
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Coercive Sexual Behavior

Sexual Coercion History, Calloused Sexual Beliefs and Judgments of Sexual Coercion in a Date Rape Analogue

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Bernat ◽  
Amy E. Wilson ◽  
Karen S. Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Date Rape ◽  
Cognitive Set ◽  
Token Resistance ◽  
Sexual Beliefs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Coercive Sexual Behavior

This study compared men with and without a history of coercive sexual behavior on their judgments of how far a man should go in using coercion in an audiotaped date rape simulation. Calloused sexual beliefs (CSB) and a “token resistance” manipulation were expected to differentially interact with coercion history. Results showed no effect for “token resistance.” Calloused sexual beliefs interacted with coercion group, such that sexually coercive men high in CSB took significantly longer to stop the date rape interaction than coercive men low in CSB, who did not differ from noncoercive men. These findings support a model of sexual coercion in which a cognitive set consisting of rape-supportive beliefs may serve as a disinhibitor of behavior.

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