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A result is that the act of penetration itself acts as dominance signal as it is the consequence of winning prior contests. | A result is that the act of penetration itself acts as dominance signal as it is the consequence of winning prior contests. | ||
Eibl-Eibesfeld (1990) suggested such male dominance/female surrender patterns may be rooted in ancient brain regions that humans share with lizards. | Eibl-Eibesfeld (1990) suggested such male dominance/female surrender patterns may be rooted in ancient brain regions that humans share with lizards. | ||
He suggested the type of excessive, promiscuous and anonymous adult-male/adult-male homosexual behavior that is common among many homosexuals (see [[#Statistics| | He suggested the type of excessive, promiscuous and anonymous adult-male/adult-male homosexual behavior that is common among many homosexuals (see [[#Statistics|statistics]]) may have originated from the archaic vertebrate dominance-and-submission sexuality.<ref>Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1990. ''Dominance, Submission, and Love: Sexual Pathologies from the Perspective of Ethology.'' In: Feierman, J. R. (ed.): Pedophilia. Biosocial Dimensions. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990 151-175.</ref> | ||
Indeed, historically, penetration of another man (sodomy) was, arguably, the ultimate act of male-male domination, especially in honor-shame cultures. Exhibitionism and phallus symbolism may also be born from such display of dominance. Women's [[libido|lower sex drive]], as a result of their greater parental investment, also dooms men to be horny, which facilitates men getting sexual pleasure from one another as an outlet of sexual frustration. However, this as unlikely to explain all male homosexual behavior as male homosexuality also comes in other forms and shapes, besides anonymous promiscuity. | Indeed, historically, penetration of another man (sodomy) was, arguably, the ultimate act of male-male domination, especially in honor-shame cultures. Exhibitionism and phallus symbolism may also be born from such display of dominance. Women's [[libido|lower sex drive]], as a result of their greater parental investment, also dooms men to be horny, which facilitates men getting sexual pleasure from one another as an outlet of sexual frustration. However, this as unlikely to explain all male homosexual behavior as male homosexuality also comes in other forms and shapes, besides anonymous promiscuity. | ||