Anorgasmia is delayed, infrequent or absent orgasms — or significantly less-intense orgasms — after sexual arousal and adequate sexual stimulation. Women who have problems with orgasms and who feel significant distress about those problems may be diagnosed with anorgasmia. Among all women, the frequency and intensity of orgasms vary. Also, for any individual, orgasms can be different from one time to the next.
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Jane Chalmers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Read more: From reproducers to 'flutters' to 'sluts': tracing attitudes to women's pleasure in Australia. When women orgasm, their pelvic floor muscles contract rhythmically and involuntarily. These contractions are thought to help move blood out of erect tissues of the clitoris and vulva, allowing them to return to their usual flaccid floppy state. Read more: 'Is it normal for girls to masturbate?
Sex appears in my inbox at least once a month. The topline findings show that men are more likely to orgasm than women — 91 percent of men said they climaxed during their last sexual encounter, compared with 64 percent of women. But there seems to be a perception gap, too — at least among men.
Old people getting down is something you probably never think about, but prepare yourself for visuals: A new study finds that senior citizens are going at it a lot more frequently than you might think. For a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior , researchers surveyed more than 6, English men and women between the ages of 50 and 90 about their sexual health and sexual activities. The survey results revealed that 33 percent of sexually active men in their 70s and 19 percent of sexually active men in their 80s were having sex at least twice a month.