sexual dimorphism
(noun)
Differences in size or appearance between the sexes of an animal species.
Examples of sexual dimorphism in the following topics:
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The Evolution of Humans
- Humans have reduced sexual dimorphism, or differences between males and females, and hidden estrus, which means the female is fertile year-round and shows no special sign of fertility.
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The Moche
- Some of the ceramics have become known as "sex-pots": vessels depicting sexual acts.
- Sexual themes in the pottery are posited to reflect Moche views of bodily fluids as an essential life force.
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Frederick the Great
- Margaret Goldsmith, a biographer of Frederick's, suggests the attachment was of a sexual nature and as a result thereof Keith was sent away to an unpopular regiment near the Dutch frontier, while Frederick was temporarily sent to his father's hunting lodge in order "to repent of his sin."
- Recent major biographers are unequivocal that Frederick was homosexual and that his sexuality was central to his life and character.
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The Justinian Code
- Further, by his policies: women charged with major crimes should be guarded by other women to prevent sexual abuse; if a woman was widowed, her dowry should be returned; and a husband could not take on a major debt without his wife giving her consent twice.
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The Golden Age of India
- The Indian scholar and Hindu philosopher Vatsyayana authored the Kama Sutra, which became a standard work on human sexual behavior, while Vishnu Sharma was thought to be the author of the Panchatantra fables, one of the most widely-translated, non-religious books in history.
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Hammurabi's Code
- A third of the code focused on household and family issues, including inheritance, divorce, paternity and sexual behavior.
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Classical Greek Theater
- Aristophanes, the most important Old Comic dramatist, wrote plays that abounded with political satire, as well as sexual and scatological innuendo.
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Christine de Pizan
- She argued that these terms denigrated the proper and natural function of sexuality, and that such language was inappropriate for female characters such as Madam Reason.
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Splitting History
- Likewise, the 1960s, although technically applicable to anywhere in the world according to Common Era numbering, has a certain set of specific cultural connotations in certain countries, including sexual revolution, counterculture, or youth rebellion.