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| P L VaseySummaryAffiliation: University of Lethbridge Country: Canada Publications
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The Queen's English: an alternative, biosocial hypothesis for the distinctive features of "gay speech"Drew Rendall
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 37:188-204. 2008....- Sex differences in sexual partner acquisition, retention, and harassment during female homosexual consortships in Japanese macaquesPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
Am J Primatol 64:397-409. 2004..These results indicate that female sexual activity during homosexual consortships is not uniformly "masculine" in expression, but rather is a mixture of male- and female-typical behaviors... - Female-male mounting in Japanese macaques: the proximate role of sexual rewardPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
Behav Processes 77:405-7. 2008..Given the VPA region's primary role in mediating sexual response, the results of this research provide direct evidence bearing on the sexual nature of a substantial proportion of female-male mounts in Japanese macaques... 
The biogeography and evolution of female homosexual behavior in Japanese macaquesPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 39:1439-41. 2010..In addition, we briefly discuss the implications of this research for the evolution of female homosexual behavior in this species...- Sexual orientation in men and avuncularity in Japan: implications for the kin selection hypothesisPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 41:209-15. 2012.... - An adaptive cognitive dissociation between willingness to help kin and nonkin in Samoan Fa'afafinePaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
Psychol Sci 21:292-7. 2010.... - Traits of separation anxiety in childhood: a retrospective study of Samoan men, women, and fa'afafinePaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 40:511-7. 2011..As such, this study adds to a growing body of literature that documents the existence of cross-culturally invariant behavioral and psychological traits in male androphiles... - Avuncular tendencies and the evolution of male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafinePaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
Arch Sex Behav 39:821-30. 2010..We discuss these findings in the context of alternative evolutionary explanations for male androphilia (i.e., an evolved by-product of an adaptation)... - Courtship behaviour in Japanese macaques during heterosexual and homosexual consortshipsP L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
Behav Processes 78:401-7. 2008..Consequently, facultative same-sex sexual partner preference, mounting and consortships do not co-occur with male-typical patterns of courtship behaviour in female Japanese macaques... - What can the Samoan "Fa'afafine" teach us about the Western concept of gender identity disorder in childhood?Paul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
Perspect Biol Med 50:481-90. 2007.... 
Birth order and male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafinePaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
Proc Biol Sci 274:1437-42. 2007..We discuss the observed effects in relation to the differing reproductive patterns exhibited by the mothers of fa'afafine and gynephilic males, and to existing social and biological theories for sexual orientation...- Sexual partner preference in female Japanese macaquesPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
Arch Sex Behav 31:51-62. 2002..Taken together, this evidence suggests that female Japanese macaques are best characterized as bisexual in orientation, not preferentially homosexual or preferentially heterosexual... - A sexually dimorphic hypothalamic nucleus in a macaque species with frequent female-female mounting and same-sex sexual partner preferencePaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alta, Canada T1K 3M4
Behav Brain Res 157:265-72. 2005..This study is the first to examine the relationship between sex-atypical sexual activity and the cytoarchitecture of a hypothalamic nucleus in hormonally unmanipulated females... - Same-sex sexual partner preference in hormonally and neurologically unmanipulated animalsPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Annu Rev Sex Res 13:141-79. 2002..Understanding why same-sex sexual partner preference evolves in some species may involve abandoning a strictly functional perspective and, instead, approaching the issue from the perspective of each species' unique evolutionary history... - Male-female and female-female mounting in Japanese macaques: a comparative study of posture and movementPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 35:117-29. 2006..This study raises the larger question as to what constitutes a male-typical or female-typical behavior... - Sexual reward via vulvar, perineal, and anal stimulation: a proximate mechanism for female homosexual mounting in Japanese macaquesPaul L Vasey
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, T1K 3M4, Alberta, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 35:523-32. 2006.... - A retrospective study of childhood gender-atypical behavior in Samoan fa'afafineNancy H Bartlett
Department of Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Hwy, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 2J6, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 35:659-66. 2006.... - The relation between women's body esteem and friendships with gay menNancy H Bartlett
Department of Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Body Image 6:235-41. 2009..Results supported the hypothesis that women's body esteem, specifically feelings of sexual attractiveness, is positively associated with friendships with gay men... - Feederism in a womanLesley L Terry
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 40:639-45. 2011..This report describes a woman who self-identified as a Feedee. It is unclear, at present, whether female Feederism represents a unique paraphilia or a thematic variation of morphophilia or sexual masochism... - Male sexual orientation in independent samoa: evidence for fraternal birth order and maternal fecundity effectsDoug P VanderLaan
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 40:495-503. 2011..The existence of these effects cross-culturally is discussed in the context of biological theories for the development of male androphilia... - Patterns of sexual coercion in heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and womenDoug P VanderLaan
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 38:987-99. 2009..Discussion focused on detailing which hypotheses regarding heterosexual sex differences in sexually coercive behavior were supported as well as directions for future research... - Mate retention behavior of men and women in heterosexual and homosexual relationshipsDoug P VanderLaan
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
Arch Sex Behav 37:572-85. 2008.... - Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islandsDavid P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 85:85-104. 2003..Among contemporary theories of human mating, pluralistic approaches that hypothesize sex differences in the evolved design of short-term mating provide the most compelling account of these robust empirical findings... - Patterns and universals of mate poaching across 53 nations: the effects of sex, culture, and personality on romantically attracting another person's partnerDavid P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 86:560-84. 2004..The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal dispositions...