[lbo-talk] evolution & the female orgasm: men cleared

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 10:58:07 PDT 2005



> > this kind of "45%" number is useless. Genes tell us what human (or
> > other animal) limits are: for example, we can't fly (without an
> > airplane or whatever). They don't tell us the extent to which the
> > potential is actually reached.

Miles writes:
> Umm--you're saying women don't know when they have orgasms? If
> we can assume the self-reports are accurate, we indeed have data
> here that demonstrates a genetic influence on women's tendency to
> have orgasms during intercourse. Twin research has some problems,
> but your criticism isn't one of them.

rather, it's possible (likely) that twins share much of the same environment. Both of them could have learned how to attain orgasm better.

-- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante



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