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Women's sexuality
The sexual responses of arousal and orgasm arise subconsciously. But sexual behaviours involve more conscious decisions: we choose how we will explore and enjoy our interaction with a lover.
Men want more sex than is required for reproduction
Most men are tempted by any sexual opportunity. A man’s sex drive determines intercourse frequencies so couples struggle when a man has a high...
Our Biological Motivation to Engage in Loving Relationships
Research shows that, when they are alone or with another woman, women take longer to orgasm than men do. Women are only assumed to...
Emotional bonding: women are unresponsive by design
Kinsey’s work remains the most comprehensive data we have on sexuality. It represents a unique opportunity to study female sexuality at a time when...
Orgasm is not a vital aspect of women’s sexuality
All men (to varying degrees) are capable of orgasm because orgasm is the trigger for ejaculation of sperm into the vagina. Men do not...
Some women masturbate without aiming for orgasm
It is difficult to establish the nature of female masturbation. Women do not always use fantasy as men do, which suggests they may...
The clitoris is the one and only female erectile sex organ
To state the obvious: men have no organ equivalent to the vagina. By considering how human sexual response must have evolved, we can...
The sexual anatomy involved in women achieving orgasm
Shere Hite’s sample, because she targeted female orgasm specifically, included even more women (82%) who masturbated (compared with Kinsey’s sample of women). Yet even...