To: PatrickHenry
Women do not need to climax in order to conceive and give birth, a fact that makes the evolutionary cause of their orgasm slightly mysterious.I don't think it's all that mysterious. Early in development, the equipment is the same. It's the early exposure to testosterone that causes the male fetus to differentiate as a male; the "default" pathway leads to a female. There is a genetic syndrome where an XY person lacks the androgen receptors and is an infertile female. Since the equipment starts out the same, I expect the nerves and brain connections to be similar, too.
34 posted on
06/08/2005 5:06:16 AM PDT by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: exDemMom
I don't think it's all that mysterious. Early in development, the equipment is the same. It's the early exposure to testosterone that causes the male fetus to differentiate as a male; the "default" pathway leads to a female. There is a genetic syndrome where an XY person lacks the androgen receptors and is an infertile female. Since the equipment starts out the same, I expect the nerves and brain connections to be similar, too.You might be right, but try making that point on 'Oprah'!
61 posted on
06/08/2005 6:37:17 AM PDT by
Tallguy
To: exDemMom
It called testicular feminization, and Jamie Lee Curtis is ,supposedly, a perfect example. Technically, she's an XY male, but is, for all practical purposes, female. She sure looks all female to me!
159 posted on
06/09/2005 2:52:20 PM PDT by
Maury
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