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Intergenerational Transmission of Courtship Violence: A Meta-Analysis
This study examines the relationship between family of origin violence and dating violence. A meta-analytic approach was used to conduct a quantitative review of the relevant research literature. The results are based on data from 35 studies of dating violence. The gender of respondents, whether …
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The Internal Orchestration of a Courtship Ritual in Drosophila
… male flies perform a lengthy and elaborate courtship ritual that typically commences after they sample the pheromones of a suitable mate. The initiation of courtship represents a striking switch in a male's behavior, as he transitions from being apathetic or "blind" to a female to vigorously …
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The relationship between early family experience and courtship violence
Female college students -- Early parent-child relationship -- Dating violence -- Insecure mother-child or father-child attachments.
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The relationship between early family experience and courtship violence
Female college students -- Early parent-child relationship -- Dating violence -- Insecure mother-child or father-child attachments.
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Secret Servants: Household Domestics and Courtship in Eliza Haywood’s Fiction
In Eliza Haywood's fiction, as in eighteenth-century Britain, social restrictions repress the sexual desires of upper class women and men. Therefore, the secret desires of this social class often rely on a different group: domestic servants. Sometimes acting as confidants and other times as active …
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Analysis of courtship behaviors of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii
General descriptions of courtship behavior have been published for the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. However, the amount and sources of variation in courtship behaviors have not been documented. I examined courtship behavior by analyzing videotaped interactions between captive males and …
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Connecting Female Mating Decisions and Male Courtship Strategies in Drosophila
… melanogaster. Unlike males who display overt courtship behaviors in pursuit of a female mate, including chasing her and singing a courtship song to her, female behaviors during courtship are subtle, making it challenging to infer how a female's sexual receptivity fluctuates based on the male's …
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Molecular and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Courtship Song Evolution in Drosophila
… advantage of the diversification of Drosophila courtship songs as a model system to explore the molecular and neural mechanisms underlying species variation in behavior. We investigate the lineage-specific loss of sine song in Drosophila yakuba by comparing the underlying neural circuit across …
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The Need for Control in Interpersonal Relationships and Courtship Violence.
<p>This study explored an individual's need for control and the level of violence within a dating relationship.</p> <p>This was a self-report study. Subjects consisted of 175 students from a university in the southern Appalachian region of the U.S. Questionnaires were combined with a scenario …
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Courtship in the personals : how relationship goals affect signaling patterns
The following study utilized a content-analysis of 407 personal advertisements by gay men to distinguish between signals used in search of long term versus purely sexual relationships of gay men in the personals. The data were obtained from four randomly selected issues of the gay magazine …
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Courtship, Loe, and Marriage in Othello: Shakespeare's Mockery of Courtly Love
Othello is the forgery of a comedic play turned tragedy, for the play begins where the ordinary comedy would end. While many critics prefer to discuss the racial and exotic aspects of William Shakespeare's tragedy, there are several critics who focus on the role of love and the marital …
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Odorant Responses and Courtship Behaviors Influenced by at4 Neurons in Drosophila
… to elicit complex behavior programs, such as courtship and mating. In most species, the neurons tuned to pheromones are localized in a specific subset of olfactory sensilla located on the antenna called trichoid sensilla. In Drosophila there are two classes of trichoid sensilla, at1 sensilla …
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Courtship violence: a study of the reasons for continuing the relationship
… at Virginia Polytechnic & State University on courtship violence. Those who experienced courtship violence were not different from those who had not experienced courtship violence in a list of background and experiential variables. Thirty-nine percent of the respondents were found to have …
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Avian Cerebellum Specialization in Relation to Acrobatic Courtship Displays in Manakins (Pipridae)
The courtship displays of male manakins (Pipridae) involve an array of acrobatic and postural elements. Previously it was found that species with elaborate displays exhibit specializations in motor planning and coordination areas of the brain. Several studies have suggested a relationship between …
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Courtship, relationship, marriage and the state: regulation of contemporary Chinese popular media
This dissertation explores the regulation of sex-related popular media text in contemporary China, across the expected lifespan of procreative heterosexual marriage. The three case studies encompass regulation of television programming, television drama, and film. The regulative actions vary from …
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Attractive silences in cricket courtship song : mate choice using a short-range signal /
… This study focused on the short-range acoustic courtship song of crickets. The results presented here suggest this signal is under selection by female choice. Females mated preferentially with males having shorter silences between the two types of ticks within the song. The length of these …
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Natural Variation and Gene Expression in the Male Courtship Progression of Drosophila Melanogaster
… variation in the temporal sequence of male courtship behavior can be one target of selection. The goals of this research were to identify variation in the sequence of male behavior using a natural population, and investigate the genetic underpinnings of this variation. A new, high-throughput …
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Aggregation, courtship, and behavioral interactions in European earwigs, Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae)
… with group size. Detailed observations of the courtship and mating of F. auricularia revealed a complex of sexual behaviors for both males and females. Receptive females were behaviorally active during courtship. The significance of the male cerci was demonstrated by their use in early …
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