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Genes affect women’s ability to reach orgasm

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Genes affect women’s ability to reach orgasm

Women who have difficulty reaching orgasm can blame it on their genes. Like heart disease, anxiety and depression, scientists discovered in a study of 1,397 pairs of female twins there is a genetic basis to female orgasm.

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Genes affect women’s ability to reach orgasm

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  1. Before giving Spector’s work a tacit thumbs-up, you might want to have a look at

    1) Lisa Lloyd’s critique of Spector’s conclusions http://philbio.typepad.com/philosophy_of_biology/

    2) John Hawks’ concerns about Lloyd’s critique and his subsequent acceptance of Lloyd’s critique http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/evolution/dunn_female_orgasm_heritability_2005.html

    and heck just for fun, my more general critique of twin studies, and Spector’s twin work in particular at http://www.sporula.com/blog/?p=19

    Besides, everyone knows the real difference between men and women has to be with who needs mascara :)

    Hope this helps,
    ina

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