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Alfred Kinsey’s research findings (1948 and 1953)

Men have typically led the research into sexuality

Sexual pleasure need not always focus on orgasm

Only some men are motivated to offer foreplay

How to make the most of sexual pleasuring

Jane Thomas’ unique approach to sexuality research

The role of relationship therapists and counsellors

Anorgasmia, preorgasmia and vaginismus

The misunderstandings behind sexual dysfunction

The misconceptions that arise from pornography

Everyone achieves orgasm in similar ways

Misunderstandings over how orgasm is achieved

Women have varying degrees of sexual willingness

The idea that women are naturally aroused with a lover

The sexual politics of women competing over men

How we know that someone has had an orgasm

Women mistake emotional sensations for orgasm

Mental arousal combines with a thrusting instinct

The mental focus required to achieve orgasm

Arousal is psychological and arises in the mind

Orgasm is an instinctive response to erotic stimuli

Orgasm is a one-off release of sexual tension

Women only orgasm when alone not with a lover

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

How we know that female masturbation is rare

The kind of stimulation that leads to orgasm

Women’s fantasies are sexually explicit scenarios

How women masturbate themselves to orgasm

How men masturbate themselves to orgasm

How anyone achieves orgasm when they are alone

Why couples don’t discuss female arousal

Women fake orgasm to reassure men’s sexual ego

Asking young women to define female sexuality

The idea that intercourse should cause female orgasm

Why women cannot orgasm through intercourse

How we know that the vagina is not a sex organ

Women’s orgasm claims do not result in more sex

Women unsure about orgasm

Women are often unsure about orgasm during sex

The receiver of intercourse need not be aroused

Platonic love is just as powerful as sexual love

Sex is an emotional bonding mechanism for men

Characteristics of low sexual responsiveness

Factors that are believed to affect male responsiveness

Responsiveness varies between individuals

Sexual responsiveness and orientation

Shere Hite’s research findings (1976)

Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson’s research (1966)