The Most Common Questions About a Woman's Orgasm, Answered
glamour.com. (Case in point: The mainstream porn myth that a woman's orgasm only occurs through vaginal intercourse or anal sex.)So it’s not surprising that female orgasm is one of the most popular topics people ask sex therapists about.
To clear up the biggest misconceptions, we asked sex therapist , creator of the online course Finishing School: Orgasm With a Partner, sex therapist , and , Ph.D., resident sexologist at Astroglide, to share the questions they get from clients—and their hold-nothing-back answers.People usually respond to this question with something like "you'll just know," but it's not always that easy.
O'Reilly sees many women confused by porn that depicts a woman's orgasm as always super intense, when really, they can be more subtle. "Not all orgasms are earth-shattering," she says.For those wondering what a female orgasm feels like, O'Reilly describes them this way: "An orgasm usually involves a buildup of tension that reaches a peak and is followed by a sense of release and pleasurable sensations.
Your breath and heart rate will likely heighten building up to orgasm, and you might feel pulsing in your genital region (a.k.a.
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