Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O

Ralph and Wanda ponder the peripatetic pleasure zone

Ralph: Quiz time, dearest. What moves around more often than Elizabeth Taylor, the QE2 and the wandering albatross?

Wanda: I give up, Ralph. What?

Ralph: The female orgasm. In the old days, it used to be in the vagina. Then they moved it to the clitoris, where it remained stationary for a decade. Now it seems to be on the move again. Just restless, I guess.

Wanda: Ralph, what on earth are you talking about?

Ralph: The Great Traveling Orgasm, my pet. Under the majestic scepter of science, not to mention the cattle prod of sexual politics, the Big O is...

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