What is a Vaginal Orgasm
(with thanks to Wikipedia and others)
The female body can achieve orgasm from stimulation of the clitoris and from stimulation of the G-spot. The Gräfenberg spot, or G-spot, is a small area behind the female pubic bone surrounding the urethra and accessible through the anterior wall of the vagina. Many scientists, including Prof Emmanuelle Jannini (2008) believe that only certain women possess a G-spot. The G-spot orgasm is sometimes referred to as "vaginal," because it results from stimulation inside the vagina, including during sexual intercourse. However, only stimulation of the G-spot, and not other intravaginal stimulation, results in a "vaginal orgasm."
The "two-orgasm theory" (the belief that in women there is a vaginal orgasm and a clitoral orgasm), has been criticized by feminists such as Ellen Ross and Rayna Rapp as a "transparently male perception of the female body". The concept of purely vaginal orgasm was first postulated by Sigmund Freud. In 1905, Freud argued that clitoral orgasm was an adolescent phenomenon, and upon reaching puberty the proper response of mature women changes to vaginal orgasms. While Freud provided no evidence for this basic assumption, the consequences of the theory were greatly elaborated, partly because many women felt inadequate when they could not achieve orgasm via vaginal intercourse that involved little or no clitoral stimulation.
Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues at Indiana University published two volumes on sexual behavior in the human male and female in 1948 and 1953, respectively (known as the Kinsey Reports), both of which had been revolutionary and controversial in their time. Kinsey's work however, mainly investigated the frequency with which certain behaviors occurred in the population and was based on personal interviews, not on laboratory observation. In contrast, Masters and Johnson set about to study the structure, psychology and physiology of sexual behaviour, through observing and measuring masturbation and sexual intercourse in the laboratory.
In 1966, Masters and Johnson published pivotal research about the phases of sexual stimulation. Their work included women and men, and unlike Alfred Kinsey, tried to determine the physiological stages before and after orgasm. One of the results was the promotion of the idea that vaginal and clitoral orgasms follow the same stages of physical response. Masters and Johnson also argued that clitoral stimulation is the primary source of orgasms.
In the initial phase of their studies, from 1957 until 1965, Masters and Johnson recorded some of the first laboratory data on the anatomy and physiology of human sexual response based on direct observation of 382 women and 312 men in what they conservatively estimated to be "10,000 complete cycles of sexual response." Their findings, particularly on the nature of female sexual arousal (for example, describing the mechanisms of vaginal lubrication and debunking the earlier widely-held notion that vaginal lubrication originated from the cervix) and orgasm (showing that the physiology of orgasmic response was identical whether stimulation was clitoral or vaginal, and proving that some women were capable of being multi-orgasmic), dispelled many long standing misconceptions.
In 2000 Hugo Mialon carried out an Orgasm Survey of students at the University of Texas as part of his doctoral thesis in economics! He was trying to find out how much people lie and whether their lies can be detected – so he asked about faking orgasm. He found that 72% of women had faked at least once in their current or most recent relationship, and 55 percent of men say they can tell when their partner's faking. The obvious reason to fake is to please your partner and he concluded that women are more likely to fake when they're in love, and that this effect is magnified when women are far from the age of 30. The survey also revealed that highly educated women are the most likely to fake their orgasms. And yes, some men fake orgasms too - 24% of them, according to Mialon
In 2006 Juliet Richters and her colleagues in Australia published an analysis of nearly 20,000 telephone interviews carried out in Australia during 2001 and 2002 (Journal of Sex Research Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter). They reported that "Satisfaction (with sex) was directly connected to sexual assertiveness, frequent sex, using many techniques, and orgasm. A woman was significantly less likely to have had an orgasm if she was 16-19 or 50-59. She was significantly more likely to have had an orgasm if she spoke English at home, had completed post-secondary education, had a higher household income and had a managerial/professional occupation. Orgasm was least likely if the only reported practice was vaginal intercourse."
"In heterosexual encounters, women are less likely to reach orgasm than men"
She quoted that at the last sexual encounter orgasm was experienced by 94.8% of men and 68.9% of women, but she didn't initially distinguish between a vaginal orgasm or clitoral orgasm brought about by manual or oral stimulation. She subsequently says "Orgasm was least likely (50%) among women whose only reported practice was vaginal intercourse. Rates were higher (around 70%) among those who had intercourse plus manual stimulation, or intercourse plus cunnilingus.
Medline Plus - The US Government website quotes: Orgasmic dysfunction is an inhibition of the orgasmic phase of the sexual response cycle. The condition is referred to as primary when the female has never experienced orgasm through any means of stimulation. The problem is called secondary if the woman has attained orgasm in the past but is currently nonorgasmic.
Primary orgasmic dysfunction, wherein the woman has never experienced an orgasm, appears to characterize about 10% to 15% of women. Surveys generally suggest that somewhere between 33% to 50% of women experience orgasm infrequently and are dissatisfied with how often they reach orgasm. Performance anxiety is believed to be the most common psychological cause of orgasm problems.
A Redbook survey showed that 52% of women regularly fake orgasms. Only 17% are likely to have an orgasm during sexual intercourse, because the clitoris often is not stimulated enough by intercourse alone. 43% of women report “some kind of sexual problem,” such as inability to achieve orgasm, boredom with sex, or total lack of interest in sex. Redbook (formerly The Red Book Magazine) is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation.
The 2007 Durex Global Sex Survey compared various aspects of sex from around the globe and found that women climaxed less than men, with 32 percent saying they reached the peak every time they had sex, compared with 63 percent of men. It did not distinguish the type of orgasm.
Janey Lee Grace, broadcaster and author of many books on natural health, is a great advocate of natural solutions.