Dr Ann Jones

Lucy Cook is author of Bitch, the revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal.

Excellent book.

Excellent book.

Highly recommend.

Highly recommend.

Nuts.

Nuts.

Lucy.

Lucy.

But in more recent times, female pleasure has started to become recognised, in no small part due to the fact that there are now more female scientists.

But in more recent times, female pleasure has started to become recognised, in no small part due to the fact that there are now more female scientists.

For example, Susanna Chevalier-Skolkinov included her artist's impression of a macaque female's orgasm face in her research.

For example, Susanna Chevalier-Skolkinov included her artist's impression of a macaque female's orgasm face in her research.

And Jane Goodall noted that female chimpanzees rub their genitals and laughed softly to themselves.

And Jane Goodall noted that female chimpanzees rub their genitals and laughed softly to themselves.

And then there's Patty Brennan, who studies vertebrates, that's animals with spines, and she says... All females have clitorises, OK?

And then there's Patty Brennan, who studies vertebrates, that's animals with spines, and she says... All females have clitorises, OK?

The variation in the old devil's doorbell is astounding.

The variation in the old devil's doorbell is astounding.

Female bonobos don't mind a bit of scissoring to reduce community tensions, so pleasure, giving, receiving, is a really socially complex thing, and so is the anatomy attached to it.