In July 2004 the American Psychological Association issued a statement that DADT " discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation " and that " Empirical evidence fails to show that sexual orientation is germane to any aspect of military effectiveness including unit cohesion, morale, recruitment and retention.

Natural selection can act on any heritable phenotypic trait, and selective pressure can be produced by any aspect of the environment, including sexual selection and competition with members of the same or other species.

As Langham points out, with special references to " Rivers's reputed sexual proclivities ", it is at this point that the experiment takes on an almost farcical aspect to the casual reader.

Marie-Louise Sjoestedt writes of this figure: " In the person of this second Macha we discover a new aspect of the local goddess, that of the warrior and dominator ; and this is combined with the sexual aspect in a specific manner which reappears in other myths, the male partner or partners being dominated by the female.

These characteristics also indicated a sexual duality between his masculine feathered serpent aspect and his feminine association with water and wind.

Many of the most common sexual roleplays involve a power differential and form part of the dominance and submission aspect of BDSM.

While fan service describes every aspect to please the fans, ecchi relates to sexual themes.

Huxley thought that sexual selection was "... merely an aspect of natural selection which ... is concerned with characters which subserve mating, and are usually sex-limited ".

The sexual aspect of limerence is not consistent from person to person.

" A specific aspect of this focus on experience is sexual experimentation — Călinescu notes that Eliade's fiction works tend to depict a male figure " possessing all practicable women in given family ".

Although there are no sex differences, in childhood attachment individuals with dismissing behavior was more concerned with the sexual aspect of relationships ( Schachner & shaer, 2004 ).

Beebe's observations of sexual dimorphism in pheasants during this expedition led him to become the first biologist to correctly understand the mechanism by which this aspect of sexual selection operates.

; Popular romance: may include but is not limited to the following types: idealistic, normal intense ( such as the emotional aspect of " falling in love "), predictable as well as unpredictable, consuming ( meaning consuming of time, energy and emotional withdrawals and bids ), intense but out of control ( such as the aspect of " falling out of love ") material and commercial ( such as societal gain mentioned in a later section of this article ), physical and sexual, and finally grand and demonstrative.

The central themes of the mythology of Chhinnamasta are her self-sacrifice – with a maternal aspect ( in the Pranotasani Tantra versions ) or for the welfare of the world ( in oral version 2 ) – her sexual dominance ( second Pranotasani Tantra version ) and her self-destructive fury ( in oral legend 1 ).

Aside from the sexual aspect of rock and roll that was accentuated by the groupie, the women also played a huge role in the amount of drugs and alcohol consumed by the artists.

For example, it can be created by a long, drawn-out story, such as in erotic literature or pornographic film ; by a quick mental flash of sexual imagery, such as a photograph or physical object ; or be due to a sexual attraction to another person or an aspect of that person.

It is difficult to classify any type of sexual interaction via the internet as infidelity because it lacks the physical aspect.

Warren Steed Jeffs, president and " prophet " of the FLDS polygamous sect, who was convicted in 2011 of aggravated sexual assault of a child, recorded every detailed aspect of his daily life in voluminous typed manuscript he referred to as " Priesthood Records.

The " open " in " open relationship " usually refers to the sexual aspect of a non-closed relationship, whereas " polyamory " refers to the extension of a relationship by allowing bonds to form ( which may be sexual or otherwise ) as additional long term relationships.

it is a mystique, and their private language is rich in the multivalent ambiguities of sexual reference so that they dwell in a sexualized universe of discourse.

The beatniks crave a sexual experience in which their whole being participates.

It is therefore not surprising that they resist the lure of marriage and the trap of domesticity, for like cats they are determined not to tame their sexual energy.

If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.

And Zen Buddhism, though it is extremely difficult to understand how these internal contradictions are reconciled, helps them in their struggle to achieve personal salvation through sexual release.

The style of life chosen by the beat generation, the rhythm and ritual they have adopted as uniquely their own, is designed to enhance the value of the sexual experience.

`` When the roles of husband and wife are reversed, so that the wife becomes leader and the husband follower '', Dr. Linden says, `` the effects on their whole relationship, sexual and otherwise, can be disastrous ''.

One wife, described by a New York psychologist, so dominated her husband that she actually placed their sexual relationship on a schedule, writing it down right between the weekly PTA meetings and the Thursday-night neighborhood card parties.

Too many husbands, Dr. Schillinger continues, worry about `` how well they're doing '', and fear that their success depends on some trick or technique of sexual play.

Most Jewish mothers are determined to exercise vigilance over the social and sexual lives of their daughters by keeping them home.

Many appeared to regard their sexual behavior as a justifiable means of gaining acceptance from and identification with others ; ;

As their identity diffusion increased, they became more susceptible to sporadic diversions in love and sexual affairs.

On the other hand, some unwed mothers had had so much work and responsibility imposed on them at an early age, and had thus had so little freedom or opportunity to develop autonomy and initiative, that their work and responsibilities became dull and unrewarding burdens -- to be escaped and rebelled against through fun and experimentation with forbidden sexual behavior.

Thus Baptist churches on the frontier took cognizance of charges against their members of drunkenness, fighting, malicious gossip, lying, cheating, sexual irregularities, gambling, horse racing, and failure to pay just debts.

Young aardwolves generally achieve sexual maturity after two years The breeding season varies depending on their location, but normally takes place during the autumn or spring.

In some versions of the myth, no men were permitted to have sexual encounters or reside in Amazon country ; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, they visited the Gargareans, a neighbouring tribe.

Developmental constraints may underlie why few animals have relinquished sexual reproduction completely in their life-cycles.

That month, Clinton implemented a Department of Defense directive known as " Don't Ask, Don't Tell ", which allowed gay men and women to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexuality a secret, and forbade the military from inquiring about an individual's sexual orientation.

Despite having no experience with women, their other signature traits are a shared obsession with sex, and their tendency to chuckle and giggle whenever they hear words or phrases that can even remotely be construed as sexual or scatological.

Many scholars debate over what happened on the threshing floor ; yet it seems unlikely Boaz and Ruth had sexual relations based on the narrative's portrayal of their character ( esp.

Many women regard their breasts, which are female secondary sex characteristics, as important to their sexual attractiveness, as a sign of femininity that is important to their sense of self.

There are numerous examples of murderers consuming their victims, often deriving some degree of sexual satisfaction from the act of cannibalism.