Article Dans Une Revue iScience Année : 2023

Socially bonded females face more sexual coercion in a female-philopatric primate

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Sexual coercion is a manifestation of sexual conflict increasing male mating success while inflicting costs to females. Although previous work has examined inter-individual variation in male sexually coercive tactics, little is known about female counter-strategies. We investigated whether social bonding mitigates the extent of sexual coercion faced by female mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx), as a putative mechanism linking sociality to fitness. Surprisingly, females faced the most coercion from those males with whom they formed the strongest bonds, while the strength of a female-male bond was also positively correlated with coercion from all other males. Finally, greater social integration in the female network was positively correlated with coercion, through a direct 'public exposure' mechanism and not mediated by female reproductive success or retaliation potential. Altogether, this study shows that neither between- nor within-sex bonds are protective against sexual coercion and identifies, instead, a hidden cost of social bonding.

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hal-04240885 , version 1 (13-10-2023)

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Nikolaos Smit, Jules Dezeure, Loïc Sauvadet, Elise Huchard, Marie Charpentier. Socially bonded females face more sexual coercion in a female-philopatric primate. iScience, 2023, 26 (10), pp.107358. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2023.107358⟩. ⟨hal-04240885⟩
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