Liberos: Orgasm Measurement. G marks the spot for sex researcher Beverly Whipple. By Mara Altman.
What the pioneering sexologist who identified the G-spot wants you to know about sex. As a researcher who helped to identify the G-spot and female ejaculation, Dr Beverly Whipple transformed how we understand women, sex and pleasure.
“With my life and my research I have focused on validating the pleasurable, sensual, and sexual experiences that women report,” she tells The Independent. Dr Whipple started her career decades ago as a nurse, teaching women how to perform kegel exercises to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles and prevent them from going under the knife too treat urinary incontinence. But some women, she found, had very strong pelvic floor muslces but reported that they only lost fluid through the urethra – or the pee hole - during sexual activity. And that is how she discovered that women can ejaculate. We’ll tell you what’s true. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Stimulating this area seemed to trigger the fluid in women who thought they were incontinent, but had full control of their bladders. The Blended Orgasm: Not just a myth. A beautiful possibility. – Lora DiCarlo.
So, you want to have a blended orgasm.
Well, my friends, you’ve come to the right place. The G-spot Revisited. As far as I know, I have never had a G-spot orgasm nor have I ever ejaculated.
However, I do know many of my orgasms have been deep, powerful and satisfying. I've also enjoyed those little ten minute maintenance orgasms that release tension. There is no such thing as having a bad orgasm- they all put a smile on my face. Maybe the vaginal orgasms that I managed to squeak out in my twenties would classify as G's. Some were quite accidental and non-repeatable. Okay, I'm aware that as a PhD sexologist, I'm not supposed to talk about my personal sexlife. Orgasms Explained. We all know the iconic, “I’ll have what she’s having” scene from When Harry Met Sally, but do you know how orgasms work?
An orgasm is the intense feeling of sexual pleasure, along with contractions of the genital muscles, heavy breathing and an increased heart rate. Often referred to as climaxing, an orgasm is not simply a physical experience. They leave you feeling relaxed, relieve pain such as headaches and menstrual cramps, and are sumptuously satisfying. Studies have found that oxytocin levels increase after female sexual stimulation and are attributed to nipple/areola stimulation (similar to that when a baby is being breast fed) and genital stimulation.
When sexually aroused, oxytocin levels increase significantly, a main factor in achieving an orgasm, which in turn, causes the release of more oxytocin. Exploring the Mind-Body Orgasm. Armed with MRI scanners and willing volunteers, a hardy band of sex researchers is exploring the long-misunderstood organ that's at the center of human sexuality – the brain.
Three of the leading lights in sex research have compiled several decades' worth of knowledge into a new book called The Science of Orgasm. The authors are Rutgers University professor emeritus Beverly Whipple (who helped popularize the "G-spot" in the '70s), Rutgers psychology professor Barry Komisaruk, and Carlos Beyer-Flores, head of the Laboratorio Tlaxcala in Mexico. In a Q&A with Wired News, Whipple and Komisaruk discussed what we're learning about the eternal mystery of the Big O. Wired News: What have we learned about orgasms in the past five to 10 years? Beverly Whipple: With new technology and women being more open, we're able to document that women can experience orgasms from many different forms of stimulation. Science of the Orgasm. AS they seek to document and demystify one of life’s great thrills, scientists have run across some real head-scratchers.
How, for example, can they explain the fact that some men and women who are paralyzed and numb below the waist are able to have orgasms? How to explain the “orgasmic auras” that can descend at the onset of epileptic seizures -- sensations so pleasurable they prompt some patients to refuse antiseizure medication? And how on Earth to explain the case of the amputee who felt his orgasms centered in that missing foot?
No one -- no sexologist, no neuroscientist -- really knows. For a subject with so many armchair experts, the human orgasm is remarkably mysterious. But today, a few scientists are making real progress -- in part because they’re changing their focus. 3 Nerve Systems in Arousal: cis-Female. There are three different nerve systems which either suppress, allow, or build sexual arousal.
These three nerve systems are all part of the autonomic nervous system which maintains all of our internal functions. The first system is the Sympathetic Nervous System. It is represented on this diagram in orange/red. Vagus nerve » Dr Jack Lewis. Posted in Sex on the BrainSep 10, 2012.
What Happened When I Tried to Orgasm Every Way Possible. "It's like being on ecstasy": The orgasm no one talks about. Taoist philosophy holds that women possess three “gates” of orgasm: the clitoris, the G-spot and the cervix.
The clitoris is recognized as an easy and effective path to orgasm. The G-spot can be another powerful pleasure point. But the cervix? That area doesn't commonly enter into conversations about orgasm. “Women associate their cervix more with pain than pleasure," Dr. The cervix, as defined by WebMD, is a “cylinder-shaped neck of tissue that connects the vagina and uterus. " Those who have managed to incorporate cervical play into their sex lives know that deep penetration is required. But deep penetration isn’t always so easy to come by. Nipples 'Light Up' Brain the Way Genitals Do. For many women, nipples are erogenous zones. A new study may explain why: The sensation from the nipples travels to the same part of the brain as sensations from the vagina, clitoris and cervix. The study, published online July 28 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, is the first to map the female genitals onto the sensory portion of the brain.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers noted which brain areas become active when women touch various parts of their bodies. The genital-sensing brain areas in women roughly correspond to the same areas in men, but the nipple finding was a surprise, said study researcher Barry Komisaruk, a psychologist at Rutgers University. Orgasms and Nerves. Without nerves sending impulses back to the spinal cord and brain, an orgasm wouldn't be possible. Just like any other area of the body, the genitalia contain different nerves that send information to the brain to tell it about the sensation that's being experienced.
This helps to explain why the sensations are perceived differently depending on where someone is being touched. Future - The mystery of the female orgasm. On my washing machine, there is a lock. Ways to Orgasm Besides Your Clit - Different Ways You Can Orgasm. Anytime you find yourself on the verge of complaining about PMS and childbirth, both of which are hell on earth, consider this: Women are magical unicorns who can orgasm in a lot more ways than one.
Contrary to what you might have been told for decades, the clitoris — though capable of providing the granddaddy of all orgasms — isn't the be-all and end-all of pleasure. Here's what you need to know about six of the other ways you can get off — because, hey, orgasming is good for you. Like, literally. 1.