Benefits Of Female Orgasm: Improve Your Health Through Sexual Pleasure 

If It Feels So Good, Why Don’t We Know More About It?

An orgasm feels good. Better than your favorite food when you’re starving, finding money in your pocket and even better than beating the final level of that game you’ve been playing for several weeks. But, if it’s so good, why don’t we have more of them? Apparently, several major surveys found that only 25 percent of women consistently climax during sex with a partner (bet you any money a good chunk of those women are lesbians or bisexual). Everyone else is hit-or-miss, or worse, have never experienced a female orgasm with a partner…ever!

When compared to males, where more than 90 percent of them get to reach their climax 100 percent of the time, you see that the female orgasm is like being struck by lightning. Way too scarce. And why is that? Well, evolutionary biologists have been, unsuccessfully, trying to figure this out. The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution by Elisabeth Lloyd, Ph.D., a biology professor at Indiana University, debunks virtually every theory that has attempted to pinpoint an evolutionary purpose to the female climax.

The Science Behind The Orgasm

“The clitoris has the indispensable function of promoting sexual excitement, which induces the female to have intercourse and become pregnant,” Dr. Lloyd says. “But the actual incidence of the reflex of orgasm has never been tied to successful reproduction.” In other words, women can and do get pregnant without orgasm so scientists don’t know why we orgasm at all. At least, however, they know how.

What they know, so far, is that while having an orgasm we lose all sense of our surroundings. This, of course, means that we can’t possibly track what is happening in our bodies during this time. Fortunately, we have sex researchers William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson to find that out for us. The pair found that, just like men, blood rushes to the vagina and clitoris. The more aroused, the more blood flows to the pelvic area, breathing speeds up, heart rate increases, nipples become erect (for most women,) and the lower part of the vagina narrows to grip the penis while the upper part expands to give it somewhere to go.

Hopefully, nerve and muscle tension builds up in the genitals, pelvis, buttocks, and thighs. After which the body involuntarily releases it all at once in a series of waves, in this case, an orgasm. What happens during an orgasm? The uterus, vagina and anus contract. Yes, contract. And the number of contractions determine how big the orgasm is. There have also been reports from women of the different kinds of orgasms they feel and descriptions of the various sensations.

According to Beverly Whipple, Ph.D., co-author of The G-Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality, different parts of the vagina are stimulated more than others, and so have more tension to release. Also, muscles in other parts of the body may contract involuntarily, (see curling toes and funny “O” faces). In terms of the brain, a recent small-scale study at the Netherlands’ University of Groningen found that areas involving fear and emotion are deactivated during orgasm.

For most of us, the big “O” ends with the body sliding into satisfied relaxation. “Like their male counterparts, women can experience pelvic heaviness and aching if they do not reach orgasm,” says Ian Kerner, Ph.D., a certified sex therapist and author of She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman. Dr. Kerner also states, “many women complain that a single orgasm isn’t enough to relieve the buildup of sexual tension,” which means we have our own version of “blue balls.” Don’t worry, it’s harmless, as is the male version.

The Satisfying Benefits Of Female Orgasm

So now we have a more in-depth understanding of the female orgasm. But why is it important for us to have one? There are many reasons we should be demanding our nut, my friends.

• Orgasms can improve circulation to organs in the pelvic cavity, deliver nutrients, help us to grow healthy tissue, and regulate our menstrual cycle. By extension, having intercourse at least once a week will, more likely, regulate menstrual cycles.

• Fertility and our sense of wellness increase by energizing our hypothalamus gland, which regulates appetite, body temperature, emotions, and the pituitary gland, which in turn regulates the release of reproductive hormones that induce ovulation and cervical fluid.

• Orgasms provide an overall lymphatic massage which helps our body’s detox process to improve digestion, our mood, and helps to prevent cancer.

• Female orgasms promote healthy estrogen levels to keep tissues supple and protect against osteoporosis and heart disease.

• Female orgasms provide a deep relaxation that occurs through the boosting of endorphin levels and flushing of cortisol out of the body.

• There is an increase in levels of DHEA, a hormone that improves brain function, balances the immune system, helps maintain and repair tissue, and promotes healthy skin.

• The female orgasm helps us to look younger.

• There is a boost in infection-fighting cells, up to 20%!

• The female orgasm can pretty much CURE MIGRAINES! By extension, it can elevate pain thresholds.

• There are increased levels of oxytocin, the hormone linked to passion, intuition, and social skills.

And there you have it. The female orgasm and what it means for our health and well-being as women. Honestly, it’s a shame that more women aren’t getting their share when it comes to orgasms. But, with science finally realizing that a woman’s role during sex is just as important as a man’s, we are getting more information and push to learn about the too forsaken female orgasm. Happy favorite ladies!

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