Posted by SLS on May 21, 2009, at 6:58:47
In reply to 5ht, orgasms (delayed or other), status, monkeys, posted by desolationrower on May 20, 2009, at 14:20:03
> hm i thought this was quite interesting. Keep in mind that giving sris or 5htp to monkeys increases their status in the hierarchy. Like this 'side effect' of the medication is just overactivation of a useful feature.
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> First suggested by David P. Barash nearly three decades ago, the idea is that orgasm might be a way a womans body speaks to her brain, telling herself that she has been having sex with a suitable partnerthat is, one who is not worried about being displaced by a competitor, who is self-confident and unhurried enough to be satisfying to her. When Barash was a graduate student more than ten years earlier, he observed that when subordinate male grizzly bears copulate, their heads are constantly swiveling about on the lookout for a dominant male, who, should he encounter a couple in flagrante, will likely dislodge his lesser rival and take its place. Not surprisingly, subordinate males ejaculate very quickly, whereas dominants take their time. If female grizzly bears were to experience orgasm, with which partner would you expect it to be more likely? And is it surprising that premature ejaculation is a common problem of young, inexperienced men lacking in status and self-confidence? Moreover, is it surprising that women paired with such men are unlikely to be orgasmic?
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> Research on a large captive group of Japanese macaque monkeys is also suggestive. The technical articles title neatly summarizes its finding: Female Orgasm Rate Increases with Male Dominance in Japanese Macaques. During 238 hours of observations in which 240 copulations were observed, female orgasmic responses occurred in 80 (33 percent). Of these orgasms, the highest frequency took place when high-ranking males were copulating with low-ranking females, and the lowest between low-ranking males and high-ranking females.
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> http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14664-7/how-women-got-their-curves-and-other-justso-stories/excerptThis explains a great deal.
:-)
- Scott
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