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1978-2024

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Multiple peer-reviewed studies link orgasm experience to factors such as context, communication, and body movement patterns rather than one single formula.

Why this matters in practice

Practical experimentation, feedback, and adjusting to context can matter as much as any single technique.

Women's Experience of Orgasm During Intercourse (Question Semantics Affect Women's Reports and Men's Estimates of Orgasm Occurrence)

Shirazi T et al., 2018 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Body Movement Is Associated With Orgasm During Vaginal Intercourse in Women

Bischof-Campbell A et al., 2019 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm

Towne A et al., 2019 · Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience

Denenberg MF et al., 2023 · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Context + technique shape sexual experience

4 studies

Pleasure outcomes change with communication, movement, and stimulation patterns.

What studies report

Multiple peer-reviewed studies link orgasm experience to factors such as context, communication, and body movement patterns rather than one single formula.

Why this matters in practice

Practical experimentation, feedback, and adjusting to context can matter as much as any single technique.

Women's Experience of Orgasm During Intercourse (Question Semantics Affect Women's Reports and Men's Estimates of Orgasm Occurrence)

Shirazi T et al., 2018 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Body Movement Is Associated With Orgasm During Vaginal Intercourse in Women

Bischof-Campbell A et al., 2019 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm

Towne A et al., 2019 · Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience

Denenberg MF et al., 2023 · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Orgasm gaps are measurable and persistent

3 studies

Clitoral knowledge is strongly linked to outcomes

3 studies

Interventions show promising practical pathways

4 studies

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Study	Author / Year	Source
The lifelong orgasm gap: exploring age's impact on orgasm rates	Gesselman AN et al., 2024	Sexual Medicine
Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience	Denenberg MF et al., 2023	Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
Orgasm Equality: Scientific Findings and Societal Implications	Mahar EA et al., 2020	Current Sexual Health Reports
Body Movement Is Associated With Orgasm During Vaginal Intercourse in Women	Bischof-Campbell A et al., 2019	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm	Towne A et al., 2019	Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
Women's Experience of Orgasm During Intercourse (Question Semantics Affect Women's Reports and Men's Estimates of Orgasm Occurrence)	Shirazi T et al., 2018	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Differences in Orgasm Frequency Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men and Women in a U.S. National Sample	Frederick DA et al., 2018	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Clitorally Stimulated Orgasms Are Associated With Better Control of Sexual Desire, and Not Associated With Depression or Anxiety, Compared With Vaginally Stimulated Orgasms	Prause N et al., 2016	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Internet-Based Interventions for Women's Sexual Dysfunction	van Lankveld J et al., 2016	Current Sexual Health Reports
Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women	Brotto LA et al., 2014	Behavior Research and Therapy
The effectiveness of an Internet-based psychological treatment program for female sexual dysfunction	Jones LM et al., 2011	Journal of Sexual Medicine
A controlled study to evaluate directed masturbation in the management of primary orgasmic failure in women	Riley AJ et al., 1978	British Journal of Psychiatry

The lifelong orgasm gap: exploring age's impact on orgasm rates

Gesselman AN et al., 2024 · Sexual Medicine

Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience

Denenberg MF et al., 2023 · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Orgasm Equality: Scientific Findings and Societal Implications

Mahar EA et al., 2020 · Current Sexual Health Reports

Body Movement Is Associated With Orgasm During Vaginal Intercourse in Women

Bischof-Campbell A et al., 2019 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm

Towne A et al., 2019 · Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Women's Experience of Orgasm During Intercourse (Question Semantics Affect Women's Reports and Men's Estimates of Orgasm Occurrence)

Shirazi T et al., 2018 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Differences in Orgasm Frequency Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men and Women in a U.S. National Sample

Frederick DA et al., 2018 · Archives of Sexual Behavior

Clitorally Stimulated Orgasms Are Associated With Better Control of Sexual Desire, and Not Associated With Depression or Anxiety, Compared With Vaginally Stimulated Orgasms

Prause N et al., 2016 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

Internet-Based Interventions for Women's Sexual Dysfunction

van Lankveld J et al., 2016 · Current Sexual Health Reports

Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women

Brotto LA et al., 2014 · Behavior Research and Therapy

The effectiveness of an Internet-based psychological treatment program for female sexual dysfunction

Jones LM et al., 2011 · Journal of Sexual Medicine

A controlled study to evaluate directed masturbation in the management of primary orgasmic failure in women

Riley AJ et al., 1978 · British Journal of Psychiatry

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