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From: friedman@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: more sexual stuff  (Dragonrider
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 11:46:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 22 11:46:00 1986
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> Now, since only males impress dragons with the exception of the
> queens who impress females, the only case of the possibility of men
> getting .. shall we say "worked up?" ... over other men would be in the
> case of green dragons going into heat.  Is there an instance of that
> mentioned in any of the books?

Yes.  Check out "The White Dragon", the scene in which Jaxom and Ruth are
in training at the Weyr (was it Fort?).  A green rises to mate, and is
pursued by blues and browns; the bronzes don't bother to pursue a mere
green.  Ruth is uninterested; the weyrling master begins to suspect that
Ruth will not develop sexually.  Check the behavior of the riders of the
green and the pursuing male dragons.  The scene is described very
discretely, but it implies sexual activity among the riders.

There is also a scene involving Mirrim, the young woman who accidentally
impresses the green Path.  She takes some teasing about what will happen
to her when her green rises to mate.  There are also some scenes in which
she is very testy as the green approaches her time to rise.  There are
other scenes involving testy riders of greens nearing their time.