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The Orgasm: Humanity’s Most Brief and Glorious Delusion
There may be no greater prank nature has ever played on humanity than the orgasm. Think about it. Entire civilizations have been built around the pursuit of power, wealth, status, and meaning. Philosophers have spent centuries asking why we exist. Religions have wrestled with the nature of the soul. Poets have sacrificed their sanity trying to describe love. And then there is the orgasm, a fleeting event that lasts only seconds, yet somehow convinces otherwise rational adults

Janie Flores-Alvarez
Jun 174 min read
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