[oedipussy]

So why is this titled "Why women have orgasms" instead of "Why people have orgasms"?

Coming from a medical professional such as yourself, I'm disappointed that you perceive a female orgasm as some sort of mysterious enigma and write off a male orgasm as merely a way to deliver sperm to an egg. It's just common sense that both occur for the exact same reasons (Physiological, psychological, whatever else you said). If you can explain the male orgasm, you can explain the female orgasm... OK, sure, the physical purpose for a female's orgasm is less obvious than a male's - I'll give you that. But it's been shown to increase the chance of pregnancy in theory - case closed. And yes, it's not necessary for the woman to have an orgasm to become pregnant, but then, it's not technically necessary for the male to have one either. And finally, of course the reason behind sex feeling good is to encourage people, women AND men, to do it - if it didn't feel good, why would anyone bother? So basically what I'm getting at is - you haven't presented any evidence that the female orgasm is inherently different than the male orgasm other than the production of semen.

And I'm pretty curious about how you can give so many thorough, logical explanations for exactly why women have orgasms, and then turn right around and say that you have no idea why. HUH? That makes absolutely no sense AT ALL.

So why did I type this message? Because I thought this article was a tad sexist (though perhaps I'm reading way too much into it - it happens) and too afraid to actually answer the question. But I have no idea why I typed this message...