Tag Archives: female orgasm

Do it like they do on the Discovery Channel

You know what I’m tired of? The “how does the female orgasm fit into evolutionary science” argument. I’m tired of all angles of this argument, from the camp that says there must be some way female orgasm makes women more evolutionarily viable — as mothers, mates, potential mothers, potential mates– and I’m tired of [...]

Female orgasm as quality control

As a former student of the social sciences, I am made uncomfortable by “just-so stories” of evolutionary causality. Nevertheless, it would be naive to dismiss them outright simply because they make one uncomfortable.
This particular article intrigues me because it offers a potential explanation for the female orgasm that does not appear to be derogatory or [...]