The Case of the Female Orgasm

Bias in the Science of Evolution

Elisabeth A. Lloyd

  • 2005 Bonnie and Vern Bullough Award, Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

1. Introduction

2. The Basics of Female Orgasm

3. Pair-Bond Accounts of Female Orgasm

4. Further Evolutionary Accounts of Female Orgasm

5. The Byproduct Account

6. Warring Approaches to Adaptation

7. Sperm-Competition Accounts

8. Bias

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

  • Cover: The Case of the Female Orgasm

Elisabeth A. Lloyd is Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science and Professor of Biology, Indiana University.