Before revision: Laqueur expands this discussion through Avicenna’s argument that female seed and menstrual blood are less refined forms of blood, while male seed is a more refined form of blood.Laqueur (1999), 41 Role of the female orgasm One-sex theory The idea of a woman having to have an orgasm in order to conceive was prevalent in the one-sex model .
After revision: Laqueur expands this discussion through Avicenna’s argument that female seed and menstrual blood are less refined forms of blood, while male seed is a more refined form of bloodLaqueur (1999), 41 Role of the female orgasm One-sex theory The idea of a woman having to have an orgasm in order to conceive was prevalent in the one-sex model .