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CHAPTER 3 Pair-Bond Accounts of Female Orgasm

Elisabeth A. Lloyd

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The Case of the Female Orgasm

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
CHAPTER 2 The Basics of Female Orgasm 21
CHAPTER 3 Pair-Bond Accounts of Female Orgasm 44
CHAPTER 4 Further Evolutionary Accounts of Female Orgasm 77
CHAPTER 5 The Byproduct Account 107
CHAPTER 6 Warring Approaches to Adaptation 149
CHAPTER 7 Sperm-Competition Accounts 179
CHAPTER 8 Bias 220
Notes 261
Bibliography 269
Acknowledgments 295
Index 299

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
CHAPTER 2 The Basics of Female Orgasm 21
CHAPTER 3 Pair-Bond Accounts of Female Orgasm 44
CHAPTER 4 Further Evolutionary Accounts of Female Orgasm 77
CHAPTER 5 The Byproduct Account 107
CHAPTER 6 Warring Approaches to Adaptation 149
CHAPTER 7 Sperm-Competition Accounts 179
CHAPTER 8 Bias 220
Notes 261
Bibliography 269
Acknowledgments 295
Index 299

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