Orgasm

majority of women have difficulty with reaching orgasm from intercourse alone . It is confusing and frustrating amongst heterosexual couples that seek mutually conducive sexual experiences and often amounts to self-blame and sexual insecurity in the female counterpart. There are many factors that contribute to producing orgasms, and because of its multifaceted nature, there are also many factors that can disrupt the production of female orgasms. In this piece I will focus on reasons that contribute

mysteries of the female orgasm. Statement number nine on “The Sexual Knowledge Survey” distributed by Nassau Community College states that, “there are two different types of biological orgasms in women: clitoral and vaginal”. Without any added research, I would automatically assume that to be correct because I believe that when a woman is stimulated in different areas in distinctive ways she will receive endless amounts of various types of responses leading to different types of orgasms. Faye Brennan submitted

paper is female orgasm dysfunction (FSD), where many women, like myself, are unable to experience orgasm through vaginal intercourse. There are many factors that contribute to a woman’s inability, or infrequency to orgasm, such as biological, psychological, and emotional factors. Being that my personal experiment had to do with factors associated with personality such as openness to new experiences and shyness, I wanted to explore and learn about other causes that effect female orgasm. Therefore I chose

The role of the orgasm in heterosexual relationships is significant in having a satisfying malefemale relationship according to society’s expectations. By using the malefemale binary, as well as exploring the social construction of sex, we can see just how significant the role the orgasm plays in heterosexual relationships. First off, we must understand that orgasms are achieved differently for both males and females.      Male orgasms are achieved through the male sex organ

Clitorus or Vaginal Orgasms: Which One Do You Prefer? The moans of passionate love making, the thrusts of two bodies becoming one, or a sensation that females feel is beyond words to describe. What is this physical sensation? Can it truley cause ejacutation through peneration? This question has been viewed by an abundance of youthful and elderly people from every generation since the 1950s believes in such pleasures however, scientists and sexologists have tried to discover this physical bliss also

front of her partner so she has been faking orgasms. According to the article, “coming to power: women’s fake orgasm’s and best orgasm experiences illuminate the failures of (hetero)sex and the pleasures of connection.” Breanne Fahs claims, “The prevalence for women faking orgasm is remarkably high, with studies consistently showing that over half of women have faked orgasm, with many women faking consistently. One study showed that women faked orgasm during 20% of their encounters, with many women

The documentary Orgasm Inc. made by Liz Canner details a pharmaceutical company’s quest to get a “female arousal” drug approved by the FDA and put out to the market. As Canner followed the development of this drug, she examined how the pharmaceutical company defined the dysfunction they were attempting to treat, as well as exploiting women’s lack of knowledge about what is “healthy” and “normal” in terms of their sexual and reproductive health. In an interview conducted by Canner, a woman who worked

captivated the marketplace and the general public. FSD has managed to cause mass hysteria across the nation as women fear that they are abnormal or even diseased because of the broad definition of sexuality being perpetuated by mass media. The documentary Orgasm Inc. explores the social construction of FSD, the role of drug companies in defining FSD, and the resulting exploitation of women and the drug market by the pharmaceutical companies. Liz Canner, the filmmaker, consistently undermines the medical basis

The essay “Gonad the Barbarian and the Venus Flytrap: Portraying the Female and Male Orgasm” by Anne McClintock, argues that the portrayal of male and female sexual pleasure varies between the two. Not only are they portrayed in different ways, but the way that they’re seen socially and historically is also different (McClintock). McClintock argues that the denial of orgasms for women is not because they lack the ability to, but because of views of gender. McClintock wants to expose the reader to

In the article “Men’s and Women’s Reports of Pretending Orgasm” I found what they were studying to be very interesting. The study was conducted to understand why people pretended orgasms and when they pretended. The researchers wanted to find the sexual scripts of males and of females as well. Participants were men and women who were college students, in a psychology class, mostly heterosexuals and only a couple of the participants were bisexual or lesbian. They tested their questions by giving