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Researchers studying communication... found that females made the most noise during sex if the "alpha female" was nearby.
Low-ranking females that were invited to have sex with high-ranking females would also call to tell other group members about the bond.
Experts suggest females communicate the encounters to boost their status....
they regularly engage in sexual contact with both their own and the opposite sex."
[Sex] is used to reduce stress and competition, develop affiliations, express and test social relationships and for reconciling conflicts and consoling victims in distress,"
"Using vocalisations, females only advertise sexual contacts with important group members," said Dr Clay, "It's all about climbing up the social ladder ..."
The team found that calls were most likely to be made by lower-ranking females, particularly if they were "picked" by a higher-ranking female.
"As a low-ranked female, advertising [a] social-sexual bonding with another dominant group member may serve to strengthen their social position, and signal this ...
... sexual interactions represent a powerful means to enable females to develop and maintain social relationships, and it is these bonds which lie at the heart of their raised status in ... society.