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Development and Initial Psychometric Assessment of the Reasons for Pretending Orgasm Inventory
Evolutionary Psychology, 2015 Research suggests that women pretend orgasm with their partner as a mate retention strategy, but the cognitive reasons behind this deception are not well known.
Mark G. McCoy +2 more
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Mimicry Deception Theory applied to sexual abuse of children
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2023 Sexual abuse of children remains a widespread problem with well-documented, adverse consequences. Often, abuse ending is contingent on a disclosure made by the victim, but victims delay disclosure if they tell someone at all. The factors associated with (non)disclosure are complex and interrelated. In this paper, we propose a new theoretical framework (
de Roos, Melissa +3 more
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Pyrazines Attract Catocheilus Thynnine Wasps
Insects, 2014 Five previously identified semiochemicals from the sexually deceptive Western Australian hammer orchid Drakaea livida, all showing electrophysiological activity in gas chromatography–electroantennogram detection (EAD) studies, were tested in field ...
Bjorn Bohman, Rod Peakall
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Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry
Current Biology, 2021 Sexual mimicry is a complex multimodal strategy used by some plants to lure insects to flowers for pollination.1-4 It is notable for being highly species-specific and is typically mediated by volatiles belonging to a restricted set of chemical compound classes.3,4 Well-documented cases involve exploitation of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera)5,6 and flies ...
Callan Cohen +7 more
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Journal of Family and Reproductive Health, 2022 Objective: Psychological perceptions are concerned with how a person perceives and psychologically frames life with an illness. The current study sought to examine the psychological perceptions of women suffering from Female Sexual Interest/Arousal ...
Zohreh Halvaiepour +3 more
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IS FEMINIST THEORY INCAPABLE OF CONDEMNING RAPE BY DECEPTION?
Kínesis, 2016 Rape by deception is a unique and controversial form of crime. It is based on the assumption that withholding some information from a person –usually a woman- prior to having sex with her can be said to nullify her consent to the act. One can assume that
Mirko Daniel Garasic, Shay Keinan
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008 Background Within the astonishing diversity of orchid pollination systems, sexual deception is one of the most stunning. An example is the genus Ophrys, where plants attract male bees as pollinators by mimicking female mating signals.
Cozzolino Salvatore, Schiestl Florian P
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Why sexually deceptive orchids have colored flowers [PDF]
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2010 Sexually deceptive orchids provide no reward to their pollinators. Instead, they mimic the sex pheromone of receptive insect females to attract males which pollinate the flowers in mating attempts. Nearly all species of the Mediterranean orchid genus Ophrys are sexually deceptive and pollinated by solitary bees and wasps.
Spaethe, Johannes +2 more
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Jus Matrimoniale, 2019 In the presented study, the author reflects on the nature of acrotomophilia in the context of conducting a trial in a church court. The analyzes show that in the case of acrotomophilia, we are dealing with a serious sexual disorder.
Kinga Szymańska
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Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2022 Sexual minorities are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to use mobile dating applications. Queer women identify the internet as a powerful means for connection, yet their use of dating apps has received little scholarly attention.
Molly Grace Smith
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