Of bugs and boojums: Female orgasm as a facultative adaptation [2]

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-339

  Puts, David A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLITORIS; COITUS; COPULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTURBATION; MATE CHOICE; ORGASM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGASM; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34249879578     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9209-9     Document Type: Letter

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