Have women evolved to protect themselves from sexual assault?
www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2011/01/darwins_rape_whistle.html
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Women, gather round, read carefully, because this gay manwho once, long ago, feigned sexual interest in your bodiesis about to shine a spotlight on some hidden truths about your natural design. It's by no means a perfect system, but evolution has endowed you with some extraordinary, almost preternatural abilities to prevent your own sexual assault. And these abilities are especially pronounced when you're ovulating.
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