Same-Sex Sexual Behavior, Age-Class, and Coalitions in Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta).

Age-class-discrepant same-sex sexual behavior Coalitional behavior Human age-stratified same-sex sexual behavior Male rhesus macaques Same-sex sexual behavior Social relationship facilitation

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Archives of sexual behavior

ISSN: 1573-2800

Titre abrégé: Arch Sex Behav

Pays: United States

ID NLM: 1273516

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Date de publication:
03 Sep 2024

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received: 07 06 2024

accepted: 09 08 2024

revised: 08 08 2024

medline: 4 9 2024

pubmed: 4 9 2024

entrez: 3 9 2024

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

In the present study, relations between same-sex sexual behavior (SSB), age-class, and coalitional behavior in male rhesus macaques were examined in a re-analysis of data first analyzed and reported by Clive et al. (2023). Age-class as a focal variable was indicated in an extensive literature review, which showed that male non-adult (juvenile, adolescent) participation in SSB is extensive in this and related primate species and associated with various benefits. Clive et al. (2023) excluded juveniles from their analysis. In the re-analysis (n = 995 mounting events), it was found that non-adult involvement was substantial (51%). Most dyads contained at least one non-adult (76%). Young and prime adult mounters most often selected non-adults to mount. Mounters were often sexually motivated: most for adolescents (72%); equally for juveniles (57%) and adults (56%). Finally, the highest rate of SSB with coalitional context appeared in adolescent-adult dyads involved in multiple repeated mounts. SSB, age-class, special friendships, bonding, and coalitions were linked, as reported in some other primate species and human societies cross-culturally. Employing age-class in male SSB analysis improved description and explanation.

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DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-02983-6 PMID: 39227500

pubmed: 39227500

doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02983-6

pii: 10.1007/s10508-024-02983-6

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