Distinctive Human Sexual Activities Flashcards
1
Q
What is distinctive about human males in terms of fertility?
A
- human males are sexually fertile all the time
- males of most mammalian species are not
2
Q
What is distinctive about humans regarding menstruation?
A
- menstruation is unique to humans and close primate relatives such as chimpanzees
3
Q
How does menstruation differ in females of other placental mammal species?
A
- they do not menstruate as they have oestrous cycles
- in which the animal reabsorbs the endometrium if fertilisation does not occur during that cycle
4
Q
What does ‘oestrous’ mean?
A
- a time when females ovulate and can be impregnated
5
Q
What is distinctive about humans in terms of mating?
A
- mating is not confined to the period when ovulation occurs
- this mating is designed to reinforce pair-bonding; which is especially necessary where care of the young is prolonged as in humans
6
Q
What are nocturnal emissions and in whom do they occur?
A
- nocturnal emissions are ‘wet dreams’
- occur in celibate males
7
Q
What does ‘celibate’ mean?
A
- abstaining from sex
