sociosexual

[soh-see-oh-sek-shoo-uhl, soh-shee-]

adjective

1. of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sociosexual¹

First recorded in 1935–40; socio- + sexual

Example Sentences

Six decades ago researchers documented same-sex sociosexual behavior between male macaques on Cayo Santiago and described it as almost as common as similar behaviors between two different sexes.

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It eventually became clear that these primates and many others commonly engage in same-sex sociosexual behaviors whether humans are around or not.

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Males engaging in the same-sex sociosexual behaviors were more likely to back each other up in disputes with other monkeys, which gave them a winning edge.

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Savolainen took advantage of the carefully tracked family trees of the Cayo Santiago monkeys and their genetic data to evaluate the role of inheritance in their same-sex sociosexual behaviors.

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The animals that engaged in same-sex sociosexual behavior seemed to have slightly better reproductive success.

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