Female orgasm is 'down to genes'

[emad]

BBC

The reason why some women have problems reaching orgasm might be down to their genes, say UK scientists.

By studying 4,000 twins, Keele and London researchers found female orgasm is not all psycho-social as some claim.

This variability might even be beneficial and have evolved to help women find the best male to mate with, they told a Royal Society journal.

Knowing which genes are important could potentially pave the way to drugs to help women orgasm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4616899.stm

SO....nothing to do with:

[Remmah]

1. Remember the good old days?

When getting into her genes was only half the battle?

[fasttense]

2. Is that a common English expression?

might be "down to" their genes? The "down to" would be "caused by" or "affected by" in the US. But I have heard of it in Ireland.

[zipplewrath]

5. "Narrowed down to"

It is a shortened version of the expression "narrowed down to". It involves eliminating other potential contributors until only those with real influence are left. In the specific case of this article, I suspect the also imply a certain amount of "the single most predominate influence".

[enlightenment]

6. My family's always used "down to" and we've been

"American" (you know, that's almost embarrassing to write . . .) since the 18th century.

As in, "it all comes down to" or "it's down to this point" or similar.

[fasttense]

7. Yes, I've heard of those expressions.

but never just "down to". Just curious.

[DemBones DemBones]

10. They just didn't want to write "Female orgasm comes down to genes."

:evilgrin:

[getmeouttahere]

3. oh great, yet another drug....

for big pharma to bombard us with!

[Tesha]

8. "In case of an orgasm lasting four hours or longer..."

"In case of an orgasm lasting four hours or longer, immediately bring
the remaining pieces of your head to a doctor..."

[aden_nak]

4. New from pfizer: Orgasma?

[Dead_Parrot]

9. Not fair!

I spent 5 years in that wretched place (Keele University) and would have cheerfully given my left nut to study orgasms in 2,000 pairs of twins.

One of my friends was doing a biochem Phd. I always thought he smiled too much.