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Instead, we release laughter from deep within ourselves when the conditions feel right. So rather than trying to "give" your partner an orgasm, try focusing on what allows her to have one. These six suggestions can help:. See also: Quiz: How much do you really know about love and sex? Don't aim for perfect timing. On TV and in movies and pornography , women always seem to have orgasms during intercourse.

Self-report instruments concerning personality and subjective responses to sexual orgasm were filled out by female university undergraduates. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to evaluate the dimensionality of women's subjective responsiveness to orgasm. The results did not support the concept of a unidimensional orgasm process; separate coital and masturbatory factors of orgasmic experience were obtained. Highly internally consistent scales were developed to assess the two factors, and both scales were found to be significantly correlated with indices of extraversion, attitudes toward masturbation, and sexual experience. A path-analytic model was developed which is consistent with the hypothesis that heterosexual and monosexual behaviors act as mediators between extraversion, neuroticism, and attitudes toward masturbation, on the one hand, and subjective coital or masturbatory orgasmic responsiveness, on the other.

Unlike some animals, human females can have sex any time of the month, and they do not have to orgasm to ovulate or get pregnant. Male-dominated scientific norms mean that much about the female orgasm remains misunderstood, and many harmful myths persist. A female orgasm can be highly pleasurable and occur during masturbation or sexual activity with one or more partners. Scientists are unsure whether it has additional benefits. In this article, we look at why female orgasms occur and what happens during an orgasm.