Summary
An orgasm is what most sexual encounters build up to. It is the height of sexual excitement, a pleasure derived when sexual tension is discharged. An orgasm goes beyond being physiological to being an emotional experience for most people. It is important to both males and females, and is, in fact, an extremely healthy experience. Through regular intercourse, orgasms can reduce the chances of developing prostate cancer, improve heart health and be highly relaxing. Apart from conventional sexual orgasms, there can also be relaxation orgasms, pressure orgasms, tension orgasms, multiple orgasms and fantasy orgasms.
As said, orgasms are experienced by both the sexes. Although both the genders experience elevated breathing rates and heart rates, women and men experience orgasm differently. While a female orgasm is experienced as rhythmic contractions in the genital muscles, men usually have semen ejaculated from the penis along with contractions. Women do not need a recovery period and can experience multiple orgasms, men usually cannot. Women also enjoy a longer orgasm as compared to men. The two main causes leading to an orgasm include vasocongestion or an increase in the blood supply and size of certain sexual organs, and myotonia, which is the flexing and contracting of the muscles.
Both men and women can have disorders related to orgasms. Women may sometimes be unable to experience an orgasm even with adequate stimulation or may never have experienced an orgasm at all or stop experiencing orgasms after some point. Men, on the other hand, may either be unable to attain an orgasm or experience premature ejaculation. There are many ways to reach an orgasm – through stimulation of the clitoris, hitting the G-spot in the vagina, anal muscles or a combination of these techniques. It is important to understand each kind of an orgasm and the area that needs to be stimulated along with how stimulation really occurs in order to help your partner reach an orgasm in the most pleasurable manner and have a fulfilling experience. Communication and adequate foreplay form the basis of helping each other enjoy the sexual experience best. Read on for more.