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Reproductive behavior

Reproductive behavior. Gender and reproduction. Gender Based on sex Sex Reproduction Fusion of male and female gametes Formation of diploid zygote from two haploid cells Genetics. Reproduction Courtship Bringing male and female together Ritual and behaviors

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Reproductive behavior

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  1. Reproductive behavior

  2. Gender and reproduction • Gender • Based on sex • Sex • Reproduction • Fusion of male and female gametes • Formation of diploid zygote from two haploid cells • Genetics

  3. Reproduction • Courtship • Bringing male and female together • Ritual and behaviors • Different between male and female (gender role) • All aspects of life • Role of male • Deposition of sperm • Brief • Disposable

  4. Role of female • Extended in mammals • Considered as precious resource • Social structure

  5. Reproductive behavior • Critical • Passing of genetic materials • One of the greatest motivation for courtship • Humans • Complex behavior • Complex mental capacity • Cultural view and role of men and women

  6. Reproduction and sex • Linked through biological and genetic inheritance • Reproduction and gender • Linked loosely through cultural inheritance • Courtship • Coitus

  7. Role of pleasure • Sexual intercourse regardless of fertility • Emotional aspects of relationship • Cultural significance • Economics • Social • Inheritance • Legality

  8. Sexuality • Courtship and intercourse • Pleasure • Sexual excitement • Eros • Sexuality • Very broad meaning • meaning of being man or woman • Inner excitement and outward expression

  9. Sexual individual • Erotically functional • Physical • Mental • Asexual individual • Void of erotic functions

  10. Classification of sexuality • Based on object of sexual arousal • Extremely wide range • Not mutually exclusive • Contribute to complexity of human sexuality • May change over time • Stimuli • Variety • Sexual identity (inner arousal) • Sex stereotype (societal view)

  11. Classification of sexuality • Based on object of sexual arousal • Extremely wide range • Stimuli • Social acceptability • Legal • Moral • Religious

  12. Sexual orientation • Person’s erotic and romantic attraction • Heterosexual • Homosexual • Bisexual

  13. Formation of sexual identity • Identification of sexual orientation • Heterosexuality • Infants • Polymorphrously perverse • Erotic attraction to anyone or anything • Resolve of sexual identity • Early age • Somewhat unclear

  14. Homosexuality • Six-stage model by Cass (1979) • Identity confusion (who am I?) • Social and identity comparison (I may be gay) • Identity tolerance (I probably am gay) • Identity acceptance (I am gay) • Coming out of closet • Identity pride (I feel good, you are bad) • Identity synthesis (Being gay is a part of me)

  15. Homosexuality • Stage of identity formation • Somewhat ambiguous • Individual sexual identity • Group membership identity development

  16. Bisexuality • Four-stages of development by Weinberg et al (1994) • Initial confusion • Applying a label • Settling into an identity • Continued uncertainty

  17. Formation of sexual identity • Genetics and anatomy • Highly unlikely • Too much variations • No selective advantages in some behaviors/preferences • Social learning • Social adaptation rather than biological adaptation

  18. Hormones • Androgens • May affect hypothalamus • Not conclusive

  19. Relationship between sexuality and gender • Gender and heterosexuality • Females • Characteristics/behaviors that are attractive to males • Males • Characteristics/behaviors that are attractive to females • Generation of stereotypes • Complicates how social learning affects sexual identity

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