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On 5/30/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:30 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: female orgasm poroof of god > > > > If nature wants to encourage procreation, then doesn't it make sense > > to make the act feel good? > > More specifically if the act feels good then the organism does it more. > > So those organisms for which it feels best will do it more and over time > select and enhance that trait. This may not be a good thing. > > It may very well be an evolutionary misstep that we enjoy orgasms as much as > we do. We enjoy orgasms more than sex (or procreation). We don't need a > viable partner for procreation to get an orgasm (we don't need a partner at > all in fact. > > So we've got a tremendously powerful biological reward that doesn't require > the act it presumably evolved to promote. > > Orgasms are biologically extreme: heart rate leaps, blood vessels constrict, > muscles spasm and you end up exhausted, weak and vulnerable. Orgasms are > psychologically extreme: massive pleasurable stimulation. Today that > pleasure is laced with social pressure from several directions and in many > cases not an inconsiderable amount of guilt. > > The drive to reach orgasm is often overpowering. The reach it we'll ignore > basic biological defense mechanisms. We'll push through pain, ignore > environmental changes and physical extremis. People die in the attempt to > reach orgasm. > > While we can get orgasms by ourselves who are we kidding? They're always > more fun with somebody else. Sex generally adds to the physical stress of > obtaining orgasm. More importantly sex adds significant risks of disease > transmission. To obtain orgasm we'll fail to take rational precautions. > > So - the orgasm... an evolutionary triumph or mistake? > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159004 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
