Aristotle was puzzled. Freud had his own ideas. But no one theory has satisfactorily answered the question: Why do women have orgasms? Orgasms in human females are not necessary for reproduction. The ...

There are a lot of questions surrounding the female orgasm, and even people with a vagina may not fully understand what goes into their ability to climax. Unfortunately, plenty of myths have ...

An orgasm can be a highly pleasurable experience during masturbation or sexual activity. While orgasms may not provide a direct reproductive benefit, the pleasure may help improve mood and relieve ...

If you put "different types of female orgasm" into an internet search engine, you will find thousands of articles listing different types. Some articles list four or five types, and others list as ...

In 1976, Shere Hite, who died this week at age 77, rocked the world with her publication of The Hite Report. While my sex therapy, education, and research lists are full of posts of tributes to her ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Megan Young/Daily. Buy this photo. We are chronically misinformed when it comes to female pleasure ...

Female ejaculation is when a female’s urethra expels fluid during sex. It can happen during arousal, but there is not necessarily an association with having an orgasm. Scientists do not fully ...

Welcome to Porn Week, Mashable's annual close up on the business and pleasure of porn. Knowledge of the orgasm gap isn't new but, unsurprisingly, it's still very real. For cisheterosexual couples, men ...

Researchers used rabbits and antidepressants to search for a link between orgasm and ovulation in female mammals. Image Credit: Aubord Dulac, Shutterstock Share The list of humankind’s scientific ...