Orgasm and health

In , researchers Mark Ellenbogen and Christopher Cardoso looked at the effects of oxytocin on your social orbit outside the bedroom and found that "instead of the traditional 'fight or flight' response to social conflict where people get revved up to respond to a challenge or run away from it, oxytocin may promote the 'tend and befriend' response where people reach out to others for support after a stressful event.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Since there was no evolutionary need to eliminate the female orgasm, it persisted even when it was no longer necessary for fertility.