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Heterotypical Sexual Behaviour in Male Mammals: The Rat as an Experimental Model

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In the first chapter of Three essays on the theory of sexuality, Freud, while discussing the mechanisms of homosexuality in the human, referred to the hypothesis formulated by Krafft-Ebing (1931) of the existence of a ″male and female brain″ within the brain of both male and female individuals, that could account for the capacity of individuals of both sexes to express either heterosexual and homosexual behaviour. This was really a remarkably foresighted view in the light of pre sent knowledge on the neuroendocrine mechanisms governing sexual behaviour in mammals. Moreover it has been known for some years that homosexuality spontaneously occurs in females of a large number of subhuman mammalian species where females mount other animals in a manner resembling the copulatory behaviour of males of the same species. Although less frequently, female copulatory behaviour has also been shown to occur in males.

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Aron, C., Chateau, D., Schaeffer, C., Roos, J. (1991). Heterotypical Sexual Behaviour in Male Mammals: The Rat as an Experimental Model. In: Haug, M., Brain, P.F., Aron, C. (eds) Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3078-3_5

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