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The Evolution of Female Orgasms
The processes that are necessary to bring about orgasm in men have to do with early stages of fetal development before the fetus is sexed in the womb. So she thinks that orgasms are adaptive in men because there is a clearer link between orgasm and reproduction in men since it's tied to the ejaculation of semen, right? That's why you said it's harder for men to fake orgasm arguably. The anatomical structures that take place before this eight week period, those are precisely the ones that are tied to the orgasm in men. But because they're already there before the sexing of the fetus, they're going to be there no matter which hormonal trajectory the fetus takes. And so it will
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