Sexual inversion
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Sexual inversion may refer to:
- Sexual inversion (sexology)Sexual inversion (sexology)Sexual inversion is a term used by sexologists, primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century, to refer to homosexuality. Sexual inversion was believed to be an inborn reversal of gender traits: male inverts were, to a greater or lesser degree, inclined to traditionally female pursuits and...
, a term for homosexuality found primarily in older scientific literature - A metamorphic change in the gender of an animal
- A reversal in the normal sexual behavior Animal sexualityAnimal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, even within the same species. Among animals other than humans, researchers have observed monogamy, promiscuity, sex between species, sexual arousal from objects or places, sex apparently via duress or coercion, copulation with dead animals,...
of an animal, e.g. males being submissive, or females exhibiting mounting behavior