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Why women have orgasms: an evolutionary analysis.

Archives of sexual behavior - 1 Oct 2012

Puts David A, Dawood Khytam, Welling Lisa L M

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Whether women's orgasm is an adaptation is arguably the most contentious question in the study of the evolution of human sexuality. Indeed, this question is a veritable litmus test for adaptationism, separating those profoundly impressed with the pervasive and myriad correspondences between organisms' phenotypes and their conditions of life from those who apply the "onerous concept" of adaptation with more...

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PMID: 22733154
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9967-x

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