Estradiol increases female sexual initiation independent of male responsiveness in rhesus monkeys

Hormones and Behavior
J L ZehrK Wallen

Abstract

Copulation and female initiation of sexual behavior vary across the ovarian cycle, suggesting that female hormonal condition influences female sexual motivation in rhesus monkeys. However, the effects of hormones on female sexual motivation are difficult to identify because male behavior also varies with female hormonal condition. During the nonbreeding season, male rhesus monkeys are sexually unresponsive to females; thus the effects of estradiol treatment on female sexual motivation can be examined independent of male behavior. This study administered estradiol to five ovariectomized females living in a large age-graded social group during the nonbreeding season. The behavior of these females with and without estradiol treatment was compared. Data were collected concurrently on five intact, noncycling, nonpregnant females. Estradiol treatment significantly increased sexual initiation by ovariectomized females toward males without any significant changes in male behavior. Estradiol-treated females also displayed greater sexual initiation than nonpregnant, intact females. Both estrogen and progesterone were important predictors of sexual initiation in females, with progesterone having an inhibitory effect. Endogenous progestero...Continue Reading

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