In biology, the term Coolidge effect describes the re-arousal of a male animal by the introduction of a new female. Main articles: Life The most salient example of biological universality is that all living things share a common carbon-based biochemistry and in particular pass on their characteristics via genetic material, which is based on nucleic acids such as DNA and which uses a common genetic code with only minor...

Some researchers think that exposure to the pheromones of a new female is a significant factor in this phenomenon. Fanning honeybee exposes Nasonov gland (white-at tip of abdomen) releasing pheromone to entice swarm into an empty hive A pheromone is any chemical produced by a living organism that transmits a message to other members of the same species. ...

The term comes from an old joke according to which President Calvin Coolidge and his wife visited a government farm one day and were taken around on separate tours. Mrs. Coolidge, passing the chicken pens, inquired of a supervisor whether the roosters copulated more than once a day. Jump to: navigation, search John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ...

"Yes," the man said. "Dozens of times." "Tell that," Mrs. Coolidge replied, "to the President!"

Some time later the President, passing the same pens, was told about the roosters - and about his wife's remark. "Same hen every time?" he asked. "Oh, no, a different one each time," the supervisor replied. "Tell that," Coolidge said with a sly nod, "to Mrs. Coolidge."

The Coolidge effect has sometimes been mentioned as an explanation of why pornographic images (of the female) are exciting to the male. Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφία pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) (also informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ...

See also

• Adultery
• Affair
• Polygyny

Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ... An affair is a euphemism for a situation where two people are involved in an illicit sexual, romantic and/or passionate attachment, usually for a limited duration. ... The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. ...

External links

• http://www.uno.edu/~asoble/pages/bermant.htm