about a year ago and it details some new research that has been published about the

possible purpose of the female orgasm, which I think is pretty interesting... It's pretty dry

and academic in tone and contains some fairly specialist language, but most of it should

be pretty clear to most people. If anyone has a question or wants some more information

on this kind of thing, mail me: mwall@netcomuk.co.uk Does the female orgasm have a

function and, if so, what is it? The female orgasm, and indeed female sexuality in

general, has been one of the most consistently debated areas in human behavioural

ecology. For many years the field was characterised by a paucity of any real experimental

evidence; largely because of the ethical and practical difficulties encountered in

researching this area. However in recent years a number of studies have been published

which go some way towards shedding some light on the possible adaptive significance of

the female orgasm. In the history of the field there have generally been two diametrically

opposed positions taken up by researchers. The first position holds that

demonstration that the contractions reliably occur at exactly the same time interval (0.8

relationship. They also draw attention to the positive correlation between each partners

Baker and R. Bellis (1993) Human sperm competition: ejaculate manipulation by

(1979), Morris (1967) and others, and do seem to point to a significant function for the

selection pressure on males to be able to detect female orgasm; presumably as a cue to

class etc.) estimated future earning potential of each partner, a measure of investment

they attempted to conbtrol. However, Thornhill et al''s data does show a high degree of

defined, and beneficial, purpose. One of the first writers to put this idea onto any firm

footing was Desmond Morris in ''The Naked Ape'' (1967). Morris espoused two

Some common words found in the essay are:
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