Some articles on males, male:
... Chimp mating tends to be promiscuous, with females mating with multiple males in her community during estrus ... As such, males have large testicles for sperm competition ... A community's dominant males sometimes restrict reproductive access to females ...
... repository called the receptacle seminis, in which sperm cells from males can be stored temporarily or for longer periods ... Males possess two separate testes, along with the corresponding sperm vesicle (the vesicula seminalis) and exit channel (the vasa efferentia) ... A penis-like structure has so far only been found in males of the genus Paraperipatus but has not yet been observed in action ...
... In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testicles of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the ... It is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid ... plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as the testis and prostate as well as promoting secondary sexual ...
... Adult males are usually solitary outside of the breeding season, but females and their offspring (both sub-adult males and females) live in groups called sounders ... changes with the coming and going of farrowing females, the migration of maturing males (usually when they reach around 20 months) and the arrival of unrelated sexually active males ... The male lowers its head, charges, and then slashes upward with its tusks ...
... Males loosely gather in an arena and compete with each other to attract females ... Females listen to the males as they display, or "lek" ... based on the quality of his display they are not pursued by the males in any overt way ...
Famous quotes containing the word males:
“Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.”
—Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the festival of unleavened bread, at the festival of weeks, and at the festival of booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed; all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:16,17.
“Of course, some men are very effective caregivers [of elderly parents]. But this situation occurs far less frequently for males than females, because it is a role reversal. For women, caregiving is an expected duty; for men, it is an unexpected expression of love or devotion.”
—Tish Sommers (20th century)