Jezebel: Orgasm

Older Ladies Aren't As Horny, And They're Fine With That

Anna North — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:40:00 EST

A new study finds that many ladies over 80 don't have a lot of sexual desire, but that doesn't really bother them — even if they're sexually active. More »

Women Who Drink Wine Every Day Say They Have Better Sex

Erin Gloria Ryan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:00 EST

According to a new study, women who drink two glasses of wine every day say they're having better sex than their teetotaling counterparts. To be fair, that could be the wine talking. More »

Ladies Fake Orgasms To Keep Guys From Cheating, Obviously

Anna North — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:00:00 EST

A new study purports to answer the burning question of why women fake orgasms: it's to keep a man faithful, of course. More »

Watch The World's First Footage Of A Female Brain During Orgasm

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:45:00 EST

Friends, what we have here is the "world's first movie of the female brain as it approaches, experiences and recovers from an orgasm." Watch as the body's most complex organ goes from a quiet red to a scorching hot yellow-white, as synapses fire and oxygen levels change. Fireworks! More »

Should The Clitoris Go On The Endangered List?

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Evolutionary biologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy believes that since the clitoris is not linked to reproduction, it might just keep shrinking until it disappears. Sigh. Some dudes already have a hard time finding it as is. More »

This Is Your Brain, Aroused

Irin Carmon — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:30:00 EDT

It's been sixty years since scientists first figured out which part of the brain processes stimulation to which part of the body — on a man. It took til this year for someone to thoroughly map the same for a woman's body. More »

Joan Rivers Teaches Us Sign Language For "Orgasm"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:20:00 EDT

Today on The View, Joan Rivers discussed how her standup shows now have a signer for the hearing impaired, which means that, considering her act, she's learning some interesting new signs including those for "orgasm" and "fake orgasm," which she demonstrates here. More »

Birth Control Isn't Exactly A Turn On, Says Study

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:22:00 EDT

Following a study on the effects of birth control on lemur-scent, which found that contraceptive injections made female lemurs less sexy to potential mates, British scientists are considering undertaking a similar test on humans.

Simultaneous Orgasms And Other Movie Sex Myths

Anna North — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:40:00 EDT

You mean couples don't always come at the same time? And ladies don't pull the sheet over their boobs right afterwards? Next they'll be telling us women don't usually keep their expensive bras on throughout sex either. [College Candy] More »

Faking It: Not Just For Women Anymore

Anna North — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:45:00 EST

"Gloria considered Jim's inability to climax 'A little weird,' but soon she began to doubt her own feminine skills [...] The pressure mounted (!), and soon Jim hit upon a solution — he started faking his own orgasm." [PsychologyToday] More »

Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: Way Worse Than It Sounds

Anna North — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

"During my second semester of senior year, I counted orgasms on a sheet of paper," writes an anonymous woman on BoingBoing. "I was having 100 and 200 a day." She has persistent genital arousal disorder, and it's not very sexy. More »

Too Fat For Sex? — Or Too Crazy?

Susie Bright — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Susie and Aretha Bright believe that mother-daughter teamwork is the answer - or maybe the last resort - for your sex advice needs. Send us questions! Mail to sexperts@jezebel.com. Today, SSRIs Killed My Sex Life- and Too Fat For Sex. More »

"I'm A Girl Who Comes Too Fast"

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Susie and Aretha Bright believe that mother-daughter teamwork is the answer for all your sex advice needs. Questions? Send them to sexperts@jezebel.com. More »

Are Women Faking Their Love For Shoes, Zappos.com?

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Guerrilla marketing agency Renegade created the fake commercial at left to show how they'd advertise for Zappos.com: using the orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally. Doesn't the ad suggest that Meg Ryan's only pretending to love Zappos? [Ad Rants] More »

Young Boy Gives Katherine Heigl Orgasm

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:00 EDT

In a scene from the upcoming romantic comedy The Ugly Truth Katherine Heigl accidentally wears vibrating underwear to a business dinner and a boy at the restaurant finds the controls. Orgasm ensues. NSFW clip after the jump. [Entertainment Weekly] More »

Scientists Continue To Find They Didn't Already Know Everything About Your Orgasms

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:30:00 EDT

More research is in showing that the female prostate (called the Skene's gland until 2001) is likely responsible for female ejaculation and G-spot orgasms. The variability in size (including women who lack any prostate tissue) is likely the cause of wide variability in women's abilities to achieve either. [New Scientist] More »

Scientists Agree: The More Orgasms The Better

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:45:00 EDT

If you're trying to conceive, hot sex is the way to go. Five more minutes of activity for men produced 25 million more swimmers, and multiple orgasms for women increases the chance of conception. [Guardian] More »

Sex And The Cities: A Tale Of Two Sex Clubs

Anna North — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EDT

This weekend saw not one but two stories on woman-centered sex clubs, one focused on the meditative achievement of the female orgasm and the other on wearing cat ears and boning on leather beds. More »

Stop Faking Orgasms For The Good Of Your Sisters

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST

Today's Onion has a mostly tongue-in-cheek story of "28-year-old publisher's assistant Peter Graney [who] told reporters... that he is inexplicably getting worse at sex." You know this guy. You faked your orgasm for him. More »

More Women Talk About What Women Want

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST

Anna and I were not the only ones to weigh in on the New York Times Magazine story about research into female sexuality. Much of the female blogosphere weighed in today as well: More »

A survey of male and female readers of Shape...

Maria — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:20:00 EST

A survey of male and female readers of Shape and Men's Fitness magazines reports that 7 in 10 male readers claim they please their sexual partners every time... while the same ratio of female readers admitted to faking orgasms. Curious and curiouser! [NY Post] More »

Once More, With Feeling: Ladymags Generate Anxiety Over "Orgasm Faces"

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:40:00 EST

If you look closely, you'll see that there is a cover line on the new (December) issue of Cosmopolitan which reads: "Your Orgasm Face: What He's Thinking When He Sees It." Yeah, that's right: orgasm face. It's Cosmo's way of saying Happy Holidays! Actually, this is not the first time these words have appeared on the cover of a popular ladymag; back in April 2000, Glamour magazine ran a story called What Men Think About When They See Your Orgasm Face. It would be sorta funny if it weren't so revolting, insipid and infuriating. More »

When Laura Bell Bundy (who originated the...

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:20:00 EDT

When Laura Bell Bundy (who originated the role of Elle in Legally Blonde: The Musical) ran into Bill Clinton the other night, she did what any Democratic woman would do. She handed him a T-shirt that read "Every Time Obama Speaks, an Angel Has an Orgasm." Bill took it home to show to Hillary. Yes, we know this is a picture of Obama, but we can all be honest here and admit that we don't really want to look at a picture of Bill Clinton while thinking about orgasms. [Speak for yourself! -Ed.] [NY Post] More »

"A Free, Fluid, Energetic, Sensual Walk": Details From The Gait/Orgasm Study

Anna North — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Thanks to several intrepid readers, we now have a copy of "A Woman's History of Vaginal Orgasm is Discernible from Her Walk," the study we discussed earlier today. As you might expect, it's chock-full of obnoxious. The study opens with a quote from Virgil: "The goddess was discovered by her gait." As if the idea of trained sexologists rating your walk wasn't creepy enough, this quote basically invites us to view the study as a method for identifying "sex goddesses." Meaning: women who orgasm from peen alone, because other women are lesser in all sorts of ultra-scientific ways! More »

Something In The Way She Moves: Does A Woman's Gait Predict Her "Orgasmic Ability"?

Anna North — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Are you self-conscious about the way you walk? No? Well, get ready! According to a study published in the September 2008 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine (not, unfortunately, The Journal of Sexual Healing, which publishes only papers by soul-ologist Marvin Gaye), people with sexological training were able to deduce a woman's "history of vaginal orgasm" from her walk about 80 percent of the time. If you're already shaking your head in confusion and annoyance, don't stop — the study offers way more of both! More »

Is It Prudish To Have Never Had Sex In Public?

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

The "other day," Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Diane Mapes' sister saw two people arrested for having sex in an office building bathroom during business hours. A little research and it turns out that 22 percent of people in a survey of 80,000 people admit to fucking in public. I feel so prudish now. More »

Women On The Verge Of A Persistent Orgasm Open Up To 20/20

Slut Machine — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST

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Constantly being on the verge of an orgasm sounds like it might be fun, but it's actually an awful medical condition known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS). Sufferers of PSAS — who are always female — say that unwanted genital arousal makes it virtually impossible for them to concentrate on anything, even sleep. Identified only six years ago, very little is known about PSAS, including why it happens or how to cure it, leaving sufferers to come up with creative home remedies. (One woman freezes a water-filled condom to numb her entire area!) This past Friday, 20/20 aired a segment all about the medical anomaly, placing its four subjects on a really bizarre — and perhaps totally inappropriate — Skinemax-esque set, with special lighting, and glasses of wine. Clip above. More »

Yes, Virgins, There Is A G-Spot! You Just May Need Some Injections To Fix Yours

Moe — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:40:00 EST

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The G-spot. Is it possible we have never really discussed this apocryphal palace of erogoversy on Jezebel before? Hey, let's end that now. First, the news: the G-spot is not a myth invented by the dark alliance of Cosmo and your lazy high school boyfriend. No, it is real, scientists have confirmed this. (Okay, Italian scientists, but still.) But there is a catch! Not every woman appears to have one. (How long before Roger Ailes gives us exit polling on how the G-spot deficient demographic votes in elections?) Anyway, so here's the other G-tastic news: you can apparently have a collagen injection (a G-shot, of course!) that will make your G-spot more sensitive! You can apparently get one of these shots at a party. Just like Botulinum Toxin! (Just don't get the syringes mixed up!) How do you find out if you have one? And if you don't, can you get one, like with a kidney? (Kidding!) Answers after the jump! More »

Benazir Bhutto Died (And Other Depressing, End-Of-December Events)

Jessica — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:00:00 EST

So uh, not so much cracking this holiday week. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was ~~gunned down~~ killed on the campaign trail. We broke down the geopolitical conflict for y'all.

Do Antidepressants Really Ruin Your Love Life?

Jessica — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST

Psychology Today has a trio of articles about antidepressants and love/sex that I feel uniquely qualified to comment on since I am both on antidepressants and in love (and having sex). [Braggart! -Ed.] The main article, "Sex, Love, and SSRIs" wonders whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (the class of drugs that includes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil and others ) "compromise the ability to feel love," because SSRIs inhibit dopamine, which is also responsible for the feelings of elation and ecstasy that accompany falling in love. The author uses the anecdotal evidence of "Megan," whose sexual side effects ruined her relationship with high school sweetheart "Neil." The anecdote felt so weak (a high school love affair dissipating when the pair goes to separate colleges? You don't say!) that I wasn't surprised when she also used a seemingly dubious statistic to back it up: "Approximately 70 percent of people taking SSRIs suffer from sexual side effects." More »

The Jezebel Reader: Profile Of A Bleeding-Heart, Bleeding-Sexed, Socially-Conscious Clive Owen-Worshiping Slob

Jessica — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:30:15 EST

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MSNBC Has Made Honest Women Out Of Us

Jennifer — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:15:00 EDT

So MSNBC.com has a lil' ol' survey up on its site right now on sex and lying. Ooooh!, your Jezzies thought, We love sex! We love lying! So we took the quiz ourselves to see how we compared against the other survey takers. The pressing questions we had to answer: How often do you fake an orgasm?; If you do, why?; Have you ever lied about the number of partners you've had?; If so, why?; Have you ever lied about having an STD?; Have you ever lied about using birth control?; If so, why?; Have you ever lied about being a virgin?; Do you have sexual fantasies you've never shared with your partner?; Have you ever lied to your partner about his or her abilities in the bedroom?; Have you ever lied about the size of your partner's genitals? More »

We love Nars make-up. Belle Du Jour? Best...

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:45:00 EDT

We love Nars make-up. Belle Du Jour? Best nude lipstick ever. Also, the eyeliners can't be beat. But we knew nothing of the man behind the makeup, Francois Nars. Until today! Interviewed by The Telegraph, Francois confesses: "I'm not an easily depressed person." "I hate the vulgarity of today." "I wanted to make women feel more confident so they could say, 'OK, if I don't look like those blonde, plastic girls, well, there's still a place for me out there. I can survive.'" That's right: Francois Nars, singlehandedly saving us from ourselves! [Telegraph] More »

What Does An Orgasm Really Sound Like, Anyway?

Moe — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:00:44 EDT

Men's Health just put out a list of "50 Things Men Wish You Knew" and never have we snapped down so forcefully on our little mouse button and hungrily attacked a piece of internet text. Ladies! You heard it there first: men like women who are good in bed, know about sports, can convey thoughts without sounding like an idiot or a nag, and "err on the side of hot." But it was 19. There's no better sound in the world than you, having an orgasm. and 23. You're really bad at faking it. that made us think of our own rule we'd like all men to know: if the sound of our orgasm is getting you off, we're probably really good at faking it. More »

Sex Advice From A Somewhat Asexual-Looking Man

Moe — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EDT

Meet Marshall Miller. He's not only a heterosexual man, he's an expert on the female orgasm. No, really, he apparently gives them to that lady next to him all the time, which is why she's his common-law wife, and the two now go from churches to colleges to companies spreading their Gospel of Clit, an oral tradition (see what we did there?) they have now compiled into a written document available on Amazon for your pleasure, I Love Female Orgasm, which we know about because it was just given a glowing review on Feministing containing the following sentence-fragment.

Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller (imagine how explosive their sex must be!) are sex educators and Brown graduates

No no no no no no no! What's worse is that the first sentence of the review was so promising: More »

If You Create It, They Will 'Come'

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:21:52 EDT

National Orgasm Week kicks off in England today. And while the celebration is pretty much just a marketing gimmick by the week's sponsor, sex toy and clothier Ann Summers, it's still cool that an entire seven days is dedicated to women "getting there." In observance of the week, British rag The Sun published some "Sexy Tips" for helping the unfortunate 12% of UK women who claim they haven't had an orgasm. Some of the tips (like using a vibrator and a very detailed description of a position called the CAT) seem really practical and helpful. But the others, uh, not so much! More »