Thought You Knew Everything There Was To Know About Orgasms?

ORGASM FACT 1

More than 70% of women have orgasms as a result of direct clitoral stimulation - and, unlike men, we can enjoy multiples

"Women are not as quick to come down from their aroused state as men are, post-sex," says US sexologist Dr Yvonne K Fulbright. "Many can get straight back into it and experience it all over again."

ORGASM FACT 2

The world record for the longest time spent masturbating to orgasm is 6 hours 30 minutes for a woman, and 8 hours 30 minutes for a man. You can't help thinking it would've been a lot quicker if they'd just got together...

ORGASM FACT 3

Forty-seven per cent of women have their first orgasm through masturbation, according to sex expert Dr David Devlin - and the average age to experience it is 18.

ORGASM FACT 4

"I'd never been able to orgasm - not even by myself - until I met my current partner. Then one night I climbed on top and caressed my clitoris while he was inside me - something to do with the angle of his penis and clitoral stimulation pushed me over the edge and I had the most amazing orgasm." Samantha, 21, account manager, London

ORGASM FACT 5

A recent study found that 48% of regular headache sufferers had their pain cured by orgasm. Not only that, but it actually worked much faster than painkillers. Altogether now, "Tonight please, darling, I've got a headache..."

ORGASM FACT 6

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud claimed that women can have two types of orgasm - clitoral and vaginal - but in 1966, sex researchers Masters and Johnson revealed their studies had proved there's only one female orgasm; just more than one way of reaching it.

ORGASM FACT 7

Women who feel insecure about their relationship are less likely to orgasm, says Seymour Fisher, author of /The Female Orgasm/. So, stop checking up on him and get sexy instead.

ORGASM FACT 8

Some women faint when they come and, in very rare cases, have had heart failure and died - which might explain why the French refer to orgasm as '/le petit mort/' (the little death).

ORGASM FACT 9

"An old boyfriend once fixed a huge mirror to the ceiling above his bed, then went down on me. As he gently stroked me with his fingers and tongue, it not only felt amazing, but looked amazing, too. Seeing everything in the mirror was such a buzz that I came within minutes." Sharntell, 27, office manager, London

ORGASM FACT 10

At the start of the 20th Century, the first electric home vibrators hit the market before many other household 'essentials' - people had to wait nine more years for the vacuum cleaner and 10 years for the electric iron

ORGASM FACT 11

When men orgasm, their brains release chemicals (including prolactin) that can bring on tiredness. So it really isn't his fault when he rolls over and starts snoring, honest

ORGASM FACT 12

The average female orgasm lasts between six and 10 seconds - although for some lucky girls it can last up to 20 seconds.

ORGASM FACT 13

Sex researchers Cauthery and Cole, authors of /The Fundamentals Of Sex/, have claimed that it's possible for some women to orgasm up to 100 times in an hour

ORGASM FACT 14

"Some women say it's not essential to climax during sex but, I must admit, if she doesn't I feel like I haven't done my job properly." Matthew*, 28, marketing manager, Sussex

ORGASM FACT 15

About 0.06% of men can come through fantasising alone, without touching their penis or any other part of their body. We'd love to know what they're thinking about...

ORGASM FACT 16

Bit of an exhibitionist? Why not sign up for the next annual charity masturbate-a-thon, organised by San Francisco's Centre For Sex & Culture? The, ahem, 'wankers' meet at the centre and masturbate for charity while others can watch the fun unfold (and join in) via their computers. Only in America...

ORGASM FACT 17

Hate the wet patch? Be glad you're not a lady whale. Male whales generate the highest volume of semen in the animal kingdom - about 20 litres a pop!

ORGASM FACT 18

"I'd been with my boyfriend for six months when he first made me orgasm. We had about an hour's foreplay, where he kissed my neck while at the same time stroking my clitoris really gently. It was so fantastic that when I came, I couldn't help but let out a scream. Unfortunately we were staying at his parents' house and, in the morning, his dad said, 'Had a good night, did you?' I was mortified." Jenna, 21, administrator, Essex

ORGASM FACT 19

The most female orgasms achieved in a single masturbation session was allegedly 49, from a London woman in 2006. Makes your last duvet day look a bit tame, no?

ORGASM FACT 20

A 2007 study found that straight women were aroused by watching films of both men and women having sex. Straight men, however, were only turned on by images of women - so researchers concluded that women are more easily stimulated.

Via - Cosmopolitan