Chp 3: Hormonal Influences on Female Sex Behavior
Female sex behavior can be divided into two components:
precopulatory behavior: AKA “proceptive behavior”--the female approaches a male and shows solicitatious behavior to get the male to engage in copulation
3 components to proceptive behavior: (female rat)
- approach
- orientation: female presents anogenital region to male; “ear wiggling”--rapid movement of head (serves to exicte male)
- runaway: “hopping and darting”--hopping and rapid flight away from the male
copulatory behavior: display of lordosis (AKA “receptive behavior”)
- immobility
- arching of the back with an elevation in the rump & head region; can also include movement of tail laterally