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From: debbiek@rruxc.uucp (25670-D. Kennedy(i555)t669)
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Subject: Re: Evolution & female orgasm
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Date: 28 Jan 91 18:02:58 GMT
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>     Has women's sexual responsiveness changed since prehistoric times?
> Have our sexual practices?
>      Most women do not come to orgasm from intercourse alone. For most
> women, intercourse must either be preceeded by or augmented by other
> clitoral stimulation.  Has it always been this way?

> prehistoric women mostly didn't have orgasm when mating, why did the
> capacity for female orgasm evolve?
> 
> David Throop
> 
>  
David,
IMO, I would suspect that a Yes would answer all questions except
the last.  I would say that (prehistoric) females always had 
the capacity for orgasm but the male didn't know this and
she probably didn't know it either and if she did
(you hear all the time that our mothers or grandmother
didn't know they could enjoy it?) prehistoric
people lacked speech beyond grunts and stuff.  But whether
she could do anything about it is the real argument because
wouldn't he just drag her behind the rocks by her "hair" (:))?

Deb
P.S. Ever see "Quest for Fire"?