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Why women cannot orgasm through intercourse

Orgasm is vital to men, so it is assumed to be equally vital for women. (1) A woman is impregnated regardless of orgasm Male orgasm triggers ejaculation, which is needed for reproduction. A woman cannot ejaculate because she lacks the male...

The influence of religious beliefs on sexuality

Human reproduction

Each culture has its own set of values. Some people consider these beliefs to be more important than others. While we are children, our...

How the male and female sexual roles differ

Human reproduction

Primitive life, such as bacteria, reproduce asexually. But most animals and plants reproduce sexually so that offspring inherit genes from both parents. Even in...

The male erectile sex organ (or phallus)

Anatomy & development

A man’s sex organ (penis) is separate from his internal reproductive anatomy (testes and glands). The penis has three main functions. Firstly men use their...

The female erectile sex organ (or phallus)

Anatomy & development

In the absence of testosterone, the genital tubercle forms the female phallus, called the clitoris. The clitoris is made up of the glans and...

Factors that are believed to affect male responsiveness

Responsiveness

Factors that affect men’s orgasm frequencies include their age, the age at which they reached adolescence, as well as their level of education and...

Sexual insults, bullying & habitual harassment

Children should understand the importance of standing up for themselves. They should be given guidelines for dealing with negative behaviours, such as online and...

Sexual scenarios tend to be biased in men’s favour

Bravado is a way of covering up embarrassment. Adults use euphemisms to imply a fashionable sexual sophistication while avoiding the need to be explicit....

The significance of nudity & being touched

Private parts refer to the anatomy that we may want (or be required) to cover up. Private parts include the buttocks, the genitals and...

Non-sexual Intimacy

Women do not need to be like men to be valid

Non-sexual intimacy

Sex educators promote masturbation and the clitoris to women. Yet no man ever needs to be told about the penis or masturbation. Advice is...

Sexual attraction & commitment to a relationship

Non-sexual intimacy

Especially in the early days of the relationship we can feel an electric thrill from touching, hearing or seeing our lover. We have a...

Women’s orgasm claims do not result in more sex

Vaginal intercourse

Let’s imagine, for a moment, that men and women have the same level of responsiveness (orgasm frequency). Even so, it is unlikely that two...

Arousal is psychological and arises in the mind

Men’s sex drive motivates them to obtain sexual release through intercourse. Women don’t have an erect sex organ that they can use to penetrate...

The mental focus required to achieve orgasm

Men achieve orgasm through masturbation much more quickly than a woman does. This is because men are aroused at the start of any sexual...

Masturbation

We (not a sex toy or lover) cause our own orgasm

Masturbation

In general, we stimulate our genitals because we are aroused enough for orgasm. Men are aroused before they arrive at sexual opportunities. It is...

How anyone achieves orgasm when they are alone

Masturbation

Sexuality is about enjoying the responsiveness of our own body through masturbation. Our mind’s ability to respond to erotic scenarios (both real and imagined)...

The erotic pleasure a man enjoys from sex

The sexual mind

A man’s sex drive is unaffected by relationship issues. A man is attracted foremost by a partner’s physical appearance. He needs to know nothing...

Understanding a man’s need for erotic turn-ons

The sexual mind

Women are offended by men who whistle at them on the street because instead of the romantic admiration women enjoy, men refer to crude...

Men & women’s perspectives on relationships

Committed relationships

Sexuality is about a sexual relationship, which includes social, emotional and sexual aspects. Long-term committed relationships are vital to supporting families over the decades...

Sex as a bargaining chip in loving relationships

Committed relationships

Relationships of any kind are an inevitable compromise. No two individuals, even of the same sex, have exactly the same priorities at exactly the...

Sexual pleasure need not always focus on orgasm

Sexual pleasuring

Alfred Kinsey concluded that any research based on the emotional aspects of sex would be too subjective and open to personal interpretation. He chose...

Sexual pleasure is defined by sociable activity

Sexual pleasuring

A sex education should include a description of sexual techniques that may be used to pleasure men and women. These should differentiate between those...

Women are often disappointed with casual sex

The sex industry

We are all living longer due to improved health and life-styles. So ‘til death do us part’ is much longer than it used to...

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