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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: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday August 01 2016, @09:51PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday August 01 2016, @09:51PM (#382850)

    But if you're an unhappy man, does that uniformly guarantee that your wife will be unhappy?

    No, as long as she has plenty of money to spend on bullshit, she'll be happy; the husband's happiness is not a factor.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @10:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @10:18PM (#382862)

    SHOES !!

    'nuff said

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday August 02 2016, @04:05AM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday August 02 2016, @04:05AM (#382987) Journal

      Diamonds?

      --
      "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @04:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @04:44AM (#382995)

    Actually...

    A type of woman will feel contented that her sex is valued that highly, but actually happy?

    Too many trophy wives who are otherwise miserable banging the pool-boy (always someone of a lower caste it seems) for some thrills, but would never give up the Bentley to be with that.

    And then you have the man who will run off to Vegas with trailer trash supposing she touches his monkey bits in the right way.

    Each of them pays, but in different ways.