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From: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Evolution & female orgasm
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Date: 13 Feb 91 23:41:42 GMT
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>>     Has women's sexual responsiveness changed since prehistoric times?
>>Have our sexual practices?
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>>    But it seems really odd to think that women would have evolved a
>>physiological capacity for orgasm, but have evolved it in such a way
>>that it couldn't be triggered (except rarely) by practices that didn't
>>arise until the advent of civilization.
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>>     Could most prehistoric women come to orgasm from penetration alone?
>>If so, why can so few modern women?  If not, did prehistoric people
>>augment penetration in a manner similar to our modern practices?  And if
>>prehistoric women mostly didn't have orgasm when mating, why did the
>>capacity for female orgasm evolve?
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     I beg your pardon, but why would you think that the advent
     of civilization is a pre-requisite for techniques, male or
     female applied, which can stimulate orgasm?   I rather
     doubt that the prehistoric females were any more tolerant
     of "me Tarzan, you Jane" male techniques than modern ones
     are.