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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ORGASM. From Ancient Myths to Modern Neuroscience: The Science, Culture, and Evolution of Human Climax (“A BRIEF HISTORY OF…” Book 28)

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ORGASM. From Ancient Myths to Modern Neuroscience: The Science, Culture, and Evolution of Human Climax (“A BRIEF HISTORY OF…” Book 28)

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Why has one of humanity’s most universal experiences remained one of its least honestly understood?A Brief History of Orgasm takes readers on a fascinating journey from ancient fertility theories and sacred traditions to laboratory sexology, pharmaceutical medicine, and modern brain imaging.Accessible, provocative, and meticulously researched, this book explains the biology of climax without reducing pleasure to anatomy or turning orgasm into another performance test.Inside, you will discover:• Why orgasm may have evolved—and what bonobos, dolphins, and other animals reveal about its possible functions• How the brain, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, clitoris, prostate, and hormones contribute to sexual response• Why orgasm and ejaculation are distinct—and how refractory periods and multiple orgasms vary among individuals• How Freud, Kinsey, Masters and Johnson, Helen Singer Kaplan, and other pioneers transformed the study of sexuality• How medicine and cultural expectations have contributed to the persistent orgasm gap• What aging, disability, menopause, testosterone, antidepressants, and other medications can mean for sexual response• What modern neuroscience can—and cannot—tell us about dopamine, prolactin, oxytocin, desire, pleasure, and intimacyNeither a technical textbook nor a conventional sex manual, A Brief History of Orgasm is an illuminating exploration of biology, inequality, medicine, culture, and the extraordinary human search to understand pleasure.READ A BRIEF HISTORY OF ORGASM TODAY AND DISCOVER HOW OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN CLIMAX EVOLVED.TAGSorgasm history, science of orgasm, neuroscience of pleasure, human sexuality, sexual health, sexology, female orgasm, male orgasm, orgasm gap, clitoral anatomy, refractory period, multiple orgasms, sexual response, ancient sexual myths, sexual medicine, brain and pleasure, history of sex research, psychology of desire, Kinsey research, Masters and Johnson©2026 UNITEXTO (P)2026 UNITEXTO
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