“Does female orgasm have an evolutionary function? Ironically, scientists have yet to come to a satisfying conclusion about this matter.”

— Steve Stewart-Williams

Source: The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2018), p. 58

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