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Females, in turn submit to the most dominant male available, in order to secure the best social and material resources being dominated and managed by that male. | Females, in turn submit to the most dominant male available, in order to secure the best social and material resources being dominated and managed by that male. | ||
Anthropologist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeld suggested such male dominance/female surrender patterns may be rooted in ancient brain regions that humans share with lizards. | Anthropologist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeld 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 | He suggested the type of excessive, promiscuous and anonymous male homosexual behavior that is common among many homosexuals (see [[#Statistics|statistics]]) may have originated from the archaic vertebrate dominance-and-submission sexuality.<ref name="eibl1990">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.<ref name="eibl1990" /> 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, dominance behavior is unlikely to explain all male homosexual behavior it also comes in other forms and shapes, besides excessive 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.<ref name="eibl1990" /> 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, dominance behavior is unlikely to explain all male homosexual behavior it also comes in other forms and shapes, besides excessive anonymous promiscuity. | ||