concluded that animal studies do indeed suggest that the female orgasm originated for a purpose. In their paper published in the Journal of Experimental Zoology, they outline how orgasms trigger a surge in hormones, which may in the past have been linked to ovulation – the release of eggs – as well as to helping eggs implant in the uterus. Female cats and rabbits, for instance, actually need physical stimulation to release their eggs. In humans today, orgasms and ovulation aren’t connected, but according to Pavlicev and Wagner, they may once have been.
