12 Shocking Sex Facts
Masters and Johnson revolutionized sex research in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Here what we're learning about sex now.
William Masters and Virginia Johnson became famous for the groundbreaking sex research they conducted at Washington University in St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s—so famous, in fact, that Showtime decided to turn their story into a new drama series, Masters of Sex .Masters and Johnson’s discoveries changed the way we think about sex and about women’s sexuality in particular. Their studies showed that women were capable of multiple orgasms, among other things. These were revolutionary ideas the time, but new research about women and sex has revealed some facts that would shock even Masters and Johnson. Here’s the latest on sex research from Dr. Eden Fromberg of SoHo OBGYN and Naomi Wolf ’s most recent book, Vagina: A New Biography.
1. Cycles of light affect our fertility
Women used to menstruate during the new moon (when it’s dark at night) and ovulate during a full moon (when it’s light). Now, in a world full of artificial lighting and bright screens, women are not as in tune with the connection between their biology and nature. Some have tried “lunaception,” altering the lights in their bedrooms based on the moon lighting to change their ovulation.
Women used to menstruate during the new moon (when it’s dark at night) and ovulate during a full moon (when it’s light). Now, in a world full of artificial lighting and bright screens, women are not as in tune with the connection between their biology and nature. Some have tried “lunaception,” altering the lights in their bedrooms based on the moon lighting to change their ovulation.
2. Women can get pregnant five to eight days after having sex
Studies have shown that some sperm can live in the cervical mucus crypt before the egg is actually fertilized for anywhere from five to eight days after sex.
Studies have shown that some sperm can live in the cervical mucus crypt before the egg is actually fertilized for anywhere from five to eight days after sex.
3. Wearing high heels can negatively affect a woman’s orgasm
Certain high-end shoe brands developed the arch in their high-heeled shoes to approximate the arch in a woman’s pelvis when she is having an orgasm. The heels create a contraction in the pelvic floor, which is problematic because the pelvic floor then cannot contract further during orgasm. “An orgasm is usually like going from zero to 60,” explains Fromberg. “If you’re already at 55 [from wearing heels], you’re not going to have a full experience.”
Certain high-end shoe brands developed the arch in their high-heeled shoes to approximate the arch in a woman’s pelvis when she is having an orgasm. The heels create a contraction in the pelvic floor, which is problematic because the pelvic floor then cannot contract further during orgasm. “An orgasm is usually like going from zero to 60,” explains Fromberg. “If you’re already at 55 [from wearing heels], you’re not going to have a full experience.”
4. Orgasms can make women more creative
Studies have shown that orgasms can make women more confident, productive and creative. And it’s a feedback loop—women achieve fuller orgasms when they are being creative.
Studies have shown that orgasms can make women more confident, productive and creative. And it’s a feedback loop—women achieve fuller orgasms when they are being creative.
5. Birth control pills dampen the libido
Any hormonal contraception has that psychological side effect. Sometimes women even have trouble conceiving once they’re off the pill because while they may have been attracted to their partner on the pill, they’re not actually compatible with each other biochemically without the extra hormones.
Any hormonal contraception has that psychological side effect. Sometimes women even have trouble conceiving once they’re off the pill because while they may have been attracted to their partner on the pill, they’re not actually compatible with each other biochemically without the extra hormones.
6. Sitting in chairs can arouse women
Pudendal nerves, underneath the buttox and the sitting bones, feed arousal tissues (in the vagina, clitoris, anus, etc.). Sitting in a certain kind of chair pressing on the pudendal nerves in a certain way can lead to sexual arousal.
Pudendal nerves, underneath the buttox and the sitting bones, feed arousal tissues (in the vagina, clitoris, anus, etc.). Sitting in a certain kind of chair pressing on the pudendal nerves in a certain way can lead to sexual arousal.
7. …But it can also dampen their orgasms
On the other hand, sitting in chairs for most of the day shortens the pelvic floor and psoas muscles—muscles which are essential to a full-body orgasm. When these muscles are tight from sitting too much, women find it harder to achieve a great orgasm.
On the other hand, sitting in chairs for most of the day shortens the pelvic floor and psoas muscles—muscles which are essential to a full-body orgasm. When these muscles are tight from sitting too much, women find it harder to achieve a great orgasm.
8. Women have three erogenous zones
The clitoris, the G Spot, AND the opening of the cervix. Some argue nipples belong on that list too.
The clitoris, the G Spot, AND the opening of the cervix. Some argue nipples belong on that list too.
9. Nerve endings are distributed differently in every woman’s vagina
Like a snowflake, each woman is unique in that her nerve endings are distributed in her genitalia differently than anyone else. That means, every woman needs to employ slightly different methods to achieve orgasm.
Like a snowflake, each woman is unique in that her nerve endings are distributed in her genitalia differently than anyone else. That means, every woman needs to employ slightly different methods to achieve orgasm.
10. The pulsations a woman feels during orgasm are actually her uterus trying to gather sperm
Round ligaments that end in the labia majora “rock the uterus back and forth during orgasm so that the cervix has the opportunity to potentially scoop semen up that may have pooled in the back of the vagina to enhance fertility,” says Fromberg.
Round ligaments that end in the labia majora “rock the uterus back and forth during orgasm so that the cervix has the opportunity to potentially scoop semen up that may have pooled in the back of the vagina to enhance fertility,” says Fromberg.
11. Being well hydrated leads to better orgasms
Because the body is mostly fluid, being hydrated enhances people’s ability to achieve orgasm.
Because the body is mostly fluid, being hydrated enhances people’s ability to achieve orgasm.
12. All woman can achieve orgasm
Almost no woman was born unable to achieve an orgasm. “Women have the innate machinery programmed to have orgasms,” Fromberg explains. “But not everybody learns how to use that machinery well.”
Almost no woman was born unable to achieve an orgasm. “Women have the innate machinery programmed to have orgasms,” Fromberg explains. “But not everybody learns how to use that machinery well.”
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11/12 of these topics are about women and their issues.
Time is a bigoted misandrist piece of trash.
Sex starts in the mind; If a woman is not interested in thinking about sex, fantasizing, letting go of distractions, it's not going to happen. Unless, of course, she has a couple of glasses of wine.
In addressing sex, it's also important to note risk factors. Here's a great article on it:http://voices.yahoo.com/article/9970354/the-dysfunctional-state-rape-prevention-discourse-12383076.html?cat=9
The nipples are a major factor for me ..the minute its touched I'm on a role ..a gushing one!
I agree point number 4, actually orgasms change their actitude; if they have a smile in her faces is because they riched an orgasm the night before... regards,
Before Masters and Johnson liberated sex from the closet, frank discussions about sexual behavior was done behind closed doors. Sex advise was furtively dispensed by small publishers placing discreet ads in the back of pulp magazines. Take a peek at some retro advise http://wp.me/p2qifI-1Kh
I have noticed that catholic girls do not orgasm as easy as other girls. I guess when you are taught from an early age that sex is dirty by your mom and family its hard to let loose.
Number 5 is a lie. I had a girlfriend for 4 years before coming out and the pill if anything made her even more horny.
I like the snowflake theory, it add new meaning to seek and you shall find...a good treasure hunt is always exciting... any man that thinks it's too much trouble should just stay home... and I for one believe in helping the hunter... I can see the Creativity already.
Very interesting facts ." Orgasms make women more creative"- ; then high heels and chairs having opposite effects? Just amazing
"cervical mucus crypt"? I could have gone my whole life without hearing that term. I wish I had.
Masters and Johnson were a head of their time in so many ways, including on the subject of homosexuality, which their correctly determined was a choice that can be reversed. They were not judging the choice, to them it is neither bad nor good, but their research showed that is was just that. Gays self-select. So let's stop pretending that they don't. There is nothing wrong with the choice and we should tolerate it, but science has come down consistently on the side that says homosexuality is not biology.
How naive the author of this article is! No mention of tantric yoga practice
for men in which a man can have multiple orgasms without ejaculating.
Showtime should have this sex research show flash forward to the thousands
of American women and men who practice tantric yoga, the yoga of sex!
I recommend the book Vagina by Naomi Wolf for those who want to understand these things better.
It is a real...can I say it...eye opener.
"The pulsations a woman feels during orgasm are actually her uterus trying to gather sperm
Round ligaments that end in the labia majora “rock the uterus back and forth during orgasm so that the cervix has the opportunity to potentially scoop semen up that may have pooled in the back of the vagina to enhance fertility,” says Fromberg"
Round ligaments that end in the labia majora “rock the uterus back and forth during orgasm so that the cervix has the opportunity to potentially scoop semen up that may have pooled in the back of the vagina to enhance fertility,” says Fromberg"
I've experienced this first hand!! I thought I was crazy but I know something down there was happening. Amazing to write this and get confirmation.
Hight heels can negatively affect a woman's orgasm? That may be but they sure improve ours.
High heels have been great for our sex life. But then they only touch the floor maybe 10 min anyway.
I don't know about the birth control one. I'm on BC (for reasons other than conception) and I'm as horny as ever, all the time!
#10 is HIGHLY disputed. It has been proposed for quite some time but there is no direct evidence that this actually happens.
As usual, it's all about the woman. Men are afterthoughts. What a nonsensical, onesided nonstudy.
Glad I drink plenty of water.....being hydrated enhances people’s ability to achieve orgasm.
I can't decide whether there is more BS out there about the Sex Act, or the Affordable Care Act .
Ask Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin about the G-Spot. Creativity? Never had one.
This was fun to read but the claims are undocumented, save reference to the title of a new book.
Caveat emptor. Be very careful. You are going to be sued by makers of birth control pills, comfortable chairs and high heels.
Heavy-duty machinery operators will love you. ;-)
i think they focused on women because when it comes to men and sex - there's not really much mystery... they've pretty much got it figured out and have no problem getting off on a regular basis... it is much harder for many women to achieve orgasm, so the list focuses on trying to make the female orgasm more understandable and achievable... just my view
@DougCheriBledsoe what Catholic school did you go to? I was raised in the most Irish-Catholic family in the US and I don't remember either of my parents saying anything that would imply sex was "dirty"and we all knew that the six children in my family did not get there by a stork. Check your assumptions next time.
High heels are one of the top items I dislike about women's clothing choices. I see them used in far too many places where it makes no sense. 99% of the time I think excellently fitted low or medium heels would be a better looking choice. Arousing women are going to look arousing walking in bare feet, so why the high heel nonsense?
Have you not read, heard, or seen the reports? Men will soon be replaced by artificial intelligence machines. Some of those machines, using the finest in Japanese AI and European materials, will substitute for the male gender when the females of Earth desire "sexual" activity . Cloning and DNA splicing will allow the creation of substitute "embryos" that will grow and be born female. Real physical men will not be needed as they will be replaced by genetically altered females with super strength and speed. Thus there is no need to deal with the present form of the male, since it would waste resources needed by the females of Earth.
@pb1230 There are multiple examples of endoscopic video taken showing the cervix rhythmically dipping down into a pool of semen in the vaginal vault during orgasm.
Most of the footage is in the hands of researchers and professors of medicine in ob-gyn. I am unsure how easy it is to find for the general public.
@danmcn61 @DougCheriBledsoe: Er, check your Catechism, dude.
Oh, I forgot. Popes have always urged young Catholics to have premarital sex. And nuns were all hookers before becoming novitiates....right?
@Cachua Actually, I have 4 cats (including a 3-legged cat), but i have no foxes. :( But for awhile, a family of foxes used to come over my house each nite to eat dinner after the stray cats finished their food. :)
Lol, a cat is talking with a fox. It's so cute and funny to see you 2 debating which is more fun. :)
Read more: 'Masters of Sex': 12 Shocking New Sex Facts You Won't See on the Show | TIME.com http://healthland.time.com/2013/10/04/lets-talk-12-surprising-facts-about-sex-and-women/#ixzz2kwMduSQX
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