Why women have orgasms: An evolutionary analysis

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1127-1143

  Puts, David A ^a   Dawood, Khytam ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapta tion; Byproduct; Female orgasm; Good genes; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COITUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; ORGASM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; ORGASM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84869226856     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9967-x     Document Type: Review

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