The female orgasm — so elusive, so mysterious, so.. *gasp* complicated. Ehh, not really. For centuries people have tried to mystify the concept of female orgasm. And the reality is.. there isn’t much mystery there. But The Daily Mail posed the question: “Why do women have orgasms?” And, recently, they finally got their answer. Keep reading to find out what these Yale researchers have to say about the origin of the female orgasm, and why exactly women orgasm.
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Yale. You’ve got a team of researchers at Yale to thank for demystifying the origins behind why women orgasm. Men orgasm to be able to spread their seed, for procreation-purposes. That’s obvious. But what wasn’t so obvious is why women physically *needed* to orgasm, or if they needed to at all..
History. Let’s take it back a bit. The researchers at Yale believe that ovulation may’ve played a part in why women orgasmed. “They believe,” The Daily Mail reports, “that in the past, our female ancestors only released an egg after being stimulated by a male just before or during sex."
Other animals. Turns out, this theory may not be too far off, as their are several species of mammals that exemplify similar behavior — including, according to The Daily Mail, rabbits, ferrets, camels, and cats.
Necessary. At one point in history, stimulation was necessary for a prehistoric female to release specific hormones which would cause her to ovulate. The egg would then, as a result, be fertilized by the sperm.
Evolution. Over time, and we’re clearly not talking a few minutes.. More like hundreds of thousands of years. Women’s bodies eventually evolved to the point where penetration and stimulation wasn’t necessary for ovulation to occur. The body started ovulating on its own.
Now what? What has scientists scratching their heads is why the female orgasm still exists, if it no longer serves any sort of reproductive function.
Autonomous ovulation. According to the Daily Mail, Professor Gunter Wagner (who specializes in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale) is one of the originators of this theory — that “in the past all female mammals ovulated after having an orgasm.”
Focus. Wagner’s focus in his research, which was published in the journal JEZ-Molecular and Developmental Evolution, “focused on the hormones released by different female mammals during sex.”
Surge. “Most release a surge of the ‘feel-good’ hormones prolactin and oxytocin and in many cases this triggers ovulation,” according to the Daily Mail.
Result. As a result, Wagner and his research colleagues came to an understanding that ovulation must have, at one point, been triggered by an orgasm.
Trace. “We think the hormonal surge characterizes a trait that we know as female orgasm in humans,” said Dr. Mihaela Pavlicev of the Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, “This insight enabled us to trace the evolution of the trait across species.”
Identify. “[Similar] traits in different species are often difficult to identify, as they can change substantially in the course of evolution,” Pavlicev said. But other scientists have different origin theories for the female orgasm and its function…
More. “One of the most obvious is that they simply encourage them to have more sex, and reproduce as it is so enjoyable,” according to the Daily Mail. “Another theory is that they create a stronger bond between the woman and the man, making it more likely they will stay together and have more children."
Satisfaction. Some scientists theorize that “mate-choice” had a part to play — “Female chose a mate on the basis of sexual satisfaction. Theoretically, a male which gives them a better orgasm has stringers sperm and will help her to produce more offspring."
You. What do you think about the origins of the female orgasm? Does it change your perception of modern-day sex? Let us know in the comments section below.
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