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Of Bugs and Boojums: Female Orgasm as a Facultative Adaptation

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Puts, D.A. Of Bugs and Boojums: Female Orgasm as a Facultative Adaptation. Arch Sex Behav 36, 337–339 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-007-9209-9

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