There’s an idea circulating that humans are the only animal to experience sexual pleasure That we approach sex in a way that is distinct from others As with many questions about sex, this exposes some interesting facts about the way we discuss the subject. Unlike humans, animals can’t tell us they’re having orgasms, so we can’t truly know what their experience is like. Explore the scientific inquiry into whether female animals experience orgasm, examining observed behaviors and evolutionary perspectives. It is often assumed that animals do not have sex for pleasure, or alternatively that humans, pigs, bonobos (and perhaps dolphins and one or two more species of primates) are the only species that do.
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