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posted by janrinok on Monday August 01 2016, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the am-I-going-to-regret-releasing-this? dept.

EurekAlert have just published an article: Yale researchers shed light on evolutionary mystery: Origins of the female orgasm

The role of female orgasm, which plays no obvious role in human reproduction, has intrigued scholars as far back as Aristotle. Numerous theories have tried to explain the origins of the trait, but most have concentrated on its role in human and primate biology.

[...] Since there is no apparent association between orgasm and number of offspring or successful reproduction in humans, the scientists focused on a specific physiological trait that accompanies human female orgasm -- the neuro-endocrine discharge of prolactin and oxytocin -- and looked for this activity in other placental mammals. They found that in many mammals this reflex plays a role in ovulation.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @07:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @07:52PM (#382785)

    The flaw in your counter: those countries also have the highest death rates, which supports the point VLM made.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @09:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @09:53PM (#382851)

    >those countries also have the highest death rates

    Which are totally irrelevant. Natural selection is all about absolute number of live offspring reaching adulthood. How many others had to die to maximize that number, means less than nothing to Mother Nature.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:37AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @02:37AM (#382958) Journal

    Well… if we'd implement the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation (2010 iirc) to legalize female circumcision in the US, we might be able to Correct the Record on the safety of female circumcision. I already calculated that routine male genital mutilation is a hundreds of millions of dollars per year industry. Just think, we could increase those profits double! $$$$! ka-ching!… er… I ain't got nothin but karma to burn.