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Homosexual Receptivity

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Synonyms

Homosexual behavior; Intra-sex sexual behavior; Same-sex sexual behavior

Definition

Courtship displays, mounting and/or genital contact, and stimulation between same-sex individuals.

Introduction

Various authors use different definitions of homosexual behavior. The one used is after Sommer and Vasey (2006). Bagemihl (1999) characterizes homosexual behavior in terms of courtship, affection, interactions involving mounting and genital contact, pair bonding, and parenting activities between same-sex individuals. More recently, Poiani (2010) defines homosexual behavior as an interaction that is sexual or of sexual origin and that is performed between two or more individuals of the same sex. He distinguished homosexual behavior from homosexuality, which is a sexual orientation characterized by sexual attraction to individuals of the same sex.

Homosexual Behaviour

Homosexual behavior either in males or females is common and widespread among social nonhuman species (Bagemihl 1999;...

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  1. Department of Ethology, Institute of Animal Science, Prague, Czech Republic

    Luděk Bartoš

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Division of Psychology, School of Social and Health Sciences, Abertay University, DD1 1HG, Dundee, UK

    Christopher D. Watkins

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Bartoš, L. (2017). Homosexual Receptivity. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3411-1

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