Orgasm is not a vital aspect of women’s sexuality
Men approach sexual activity (alone or with a lover) already aroused and so they are easily stimulated to orgasm. Women are not spontaneously aroused...
Women do not necessarily masturbate to orgasm
It is difficult to establish the nature of female masturbation. Women do not always use fantasy as men do, which suggests they may not...
The clitoris is the one and only female sex organ
To state the obvious: men have no organ equivalent to the vagina.
Male orgasm rewards men for the reproductive act of ejaculation but there is...
The sexual anatomy involved in female orgasm
Because she targeted female masturbation specifically, Shere Hite’s sample included even more women (82%) who masturbated (compared with Kinsey’s sample). Yet even though such...
Women’s conscious use of sexual fantasy
Unless she masturbates to orgasm a woman is unlikely to appreciate that orgasm relies on psychological turn-ons. But equally if she has never had...
Arousal mechanisms are not unique to one lover
Mental turn-ons (both fantasies and fetishes) are abstract concepts and objects. They are not personalised or limited to one individual. So if a man...
Orgasm depends on a positive response to eroticism
Many women (30% of Kinsey’s sample or about 1,800 women) openly acknowledge that they are never or rarely aroused. So it is unlikely that...