The Big O

Still, it remains a relatively touchy subject for those who are not able to experience it and figure the only way is through plain old sex. Well, a new book called, The Science of Orgasm, explores all of the research currently known about this phenomenon.

One of the book’s main authors and leading researchers, Beverly Whipple, was interviewed by Wired.com on the topic, and I have a feeling that what she says will surprise and excite you as well. (Fun fact about Whipple: she believes sex is actually good for you and those who have more sex are healthier)

Anyways, back to the Big O discussion…

Did you know orgasms are possible in many forms?

“We have documented in our laboratory that women can have orgasms from imagery alone without touching their body. The point is that women can experience orgasms and sexual pleasure from many forms of stimuli. It does have not have to be through genital stimulation.”

Or that women with no feeling below the waist can experience orgasms?

“That particular woman had not tried any sexual stimulation, either with herself or a partner, in the two years since she had an injury. When she was in the laboratory, this woman experienced six orgasms through self-simulation. It was extremely emotional. She was crying, I was crying. She didn’t think this was possible, and she was so pleased that she had volunteered to be a research subject. This had helped open up her essential pleasure again.”

Ever wondered how orgasms develop and where they go in the body?

“Vagus” means wanderer — the nerve wanders through the body. Previously, it wasn’t thought that it goes as far as the pelvic region. But our research and that of other laboratories is showing that it does in fact go to the cervix and uterus and probably the vagina. It carries the impulses from those regions, travels up through the abdomen, goes through the diaphragm, through the thorax (chest cavity), up the neck outside the spinal cord, and into the brain.”

Crash course in Orgasm 101 successfully completed. Now if we could only teach our guys to “flick the switch” everytime, life would be grand.