Sexual Arousal by Higher‐ and Lower‐Ranking Partner: Manifestation of a Mating Strategy?

The sexual arousal by lower‐ and/or higher‐ranking partner appears to be a manifestation of a successful reproductive strategy, e.g. behavior connected to natural human behavior. Moreover, the sexual arousal by overemphasized hierarchy (e.g. dominant‐slave play) considered to be a part of sadomasochistic sex (or so called BDSM) may represent an overemphasised manifestation of this reproductive strategy. *P < 0.05. Jozifkova E, and Konvicka M. Sexual arousal by higher‐ and lower‐ranking partner: Manifestation of a mating strategy?