Sexual behavior in long-term vasectomized male rhesus monkeys

摘要: Abstract It has been suggested that in man vasectomy may lead to problems of psychosexual adjustment such as impotency because castration anxiety or other superstitions often associated with sexual behavior. An increase promiscuity also attributed and explained a loss fear impregnating women companions. In monkeys, any alterations behavior after probably are the result, not cultural factors but anatomical immunologic changes resulting from operation. The male rhesus monkeys vasectomized 5 years earlier did differ sham-vasectomized controls. There was, however, significant difference mean latencies first mount intromission; males had shorter latencies. another set studies, there were no siginificant differences between 12 (mean) nonvasectomized We found association presence absence antisperm antibodies their levels performance.