Naturally Selective: Female Orgasm and Female Sexual Selection

13 Jan 2022

Quillette piece on our research into the nature and function of female orgasm

Every second of every day, across the face of planet Earth, there are 18,000 ejaculations of sperm, and 4.4 births. The stark reality that sperm (and the men who produce it) are biologically cheap, in comparison to eggs (and the women who bear them) is arithmetically inescapable. It is worth keeping facts like these in mind, to resist the incessant desire that humans have, to pretend that we are not, in Martin Daly’s memorable phrase, “just another critter.” ... Read more

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Dr Robert King

r.king@ucc.ie