Do Men Produce Higher Quality Ejaculates When Primed With Thoughts of Partner Infidelity?

Evolutionary Psychology : an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior
Michael N PhamLisa Lm Welling

Abstract

Sperm competition theory can be used to generate the hypothesis that men alter the quality of their ejaculates as a function of sperm competition risk. Using a repeated measures experimental design, we investigated whether men produce a higher quality ejaculate when primed with cues to sperm competition (i.e., imagined partner infidelity) relative to a control prime. Men ( n = 45) submitted two masturbatory ejaculates-one ejaculate sample for each condition (i.e., sperm competition and control conditions). Ejaculates were assessed on 17 clinical parameters. The results did not support the hypothesis: Men did not produce higher quality ejaculates in the sperm competition condition relative to the control condition. Despite the null results of the current research, there is evidence for psychological and physiological adaptations to sperm competition in humans. We discuss methodological limitations that may have produced the null results and present methodological suggestions for research on human sperm competition.

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Sep 19, 2020·Evolutionary Psychology : an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior·Tara DeLecceMohaned G Abed
Oct 20, 2020·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Renée C Firman

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