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Vibrating atop MEL in a quivering, shuddering mass is an article from today’s New York Times Science section, addressing the hot-button issue of the female orgasm, complete with slightly creepy picture by Joseph Cornell (who, ironically, remained a virgin until his death).

The article discusses a new book which claims that the female orgasm has no evolutionary purpose (“The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution” by Dr. Elisabeth A. Lloyd). Lloyd argues that the female orgasmic capability is simply a vestigial artifact from the early weeks of embryonic development before male or female traits manifested either way (wow, that sentence was about as hot as that Joseph Cornell picture).

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