The 2008 Orgasm Survey is an attempt to better understand the female orgasm, to explode some of the myths that surround the female orgasm and to help women achieve better orgasms.
The 2008 Orgasm Survey hopes to improve our knowledge of what women actually experience and to raise the awareness of the sex benefits of effective pelvic floor exercises.
There is anecdotal evidence that the majority of women have never experienced a vaginal orgasm, and many women have never achieved any kind of orgasm.
In contrast, over 80% of women shown how to exercise correctly report a much improved sex life and many experience orgasm for the first time.
Why you should take part in this survey?
Because good sex is at the core of a happy and satisfying sexual relationship!
A better understanding of the female orgasm, and helping women become more aware of how they can improve their ability to orgasm, should have a major impact on the sex lives of millions of couples.
There is strong evidence that the sexual satisfaction of both partners seems to be reduced when a woman’s pelvic floor muscles are weakened as a result of childbirth, menopause or the lack of effective exercise. This leads directly to a lack of physical contact and stimulation during intercourse which means that in many cases neither partner can reach orgasm through intercourse alone.
“We have a lot of men who say ‘I can have sex, but don’t want to; it’s not rewarding’”, Peter Bell, Relate (UK National Relationship Counselling Organisation) 2008
The female orgasm has always been a matter of intense interest and the subject of incredible media hype. There is plenty of advice about how to have ‘better sex’. But the reality of what women actually experience is shrouded in mystery.
Some ‘experts’ dismiss the idea that vaginal and clitoral orgasms are even distinguishable; for others this subject is at the root of the feminist debate.
For many women that centre of intense ecstasy – the G-spot – is a myth and for most the vaginal orgasm seems to an unattainable dream.
Recent scientific discoveries would appear to substantiate this view. Scientists have claimed that unless there is a ‘visible’ G-spot a vaginal orgasm is impossible.
If you are one of the many women who would just like to experience any orgasm of any kind then your experience is just as important to the survey!
Click here to visit The 2008 Orgasm Survey
The survey is totally confidential and takes just a couple of minutes to complete.
July 7, 2008 at 1:03 pm
It would’ve been interesting to include a question on female ejaculation. I’m sure more women do it than people realise!
July 7, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Good comment! This is our first big survey and we have learnt a great deal, including that we should include a wider range of subjects in our next survey
July 31, 2008 at 5:13 pm
The question of why women cannot orgasm via penetrative sex has been debated time and again. In reality most women do not orgasm via penetration because it is the clitoris which is women’s sexual organ not the vagina. Gina Ogden a US researcher on female sexuality as well as Shere Hite have both proved via in-depth research that vaginal penetration is not the sin que of female sexuality because it is designed to maximise male sexual pleasure and orgasm.
Leonore Tiefer too has proved that focusing on trying to get women to climax via penetration does a grave disservice to all women. Pelvic floor muscle exercises will only tighten the pelvic floor they will not give women vaginal orgasms. Yes, some women can climax via penis in vagina but the fast majority do not.
Sexologists of whom the vast majority are male have consistently claimed that women are dysfunctional if they cannot climax via penis in vagina. This is nonsense because of course such views privilege male sexuality. We need to expand the definition of so-called ‘real sex’ to incorporate other sexual activities which do not focus on penetration and which incorporate women’s sexual pleasure.
Likewise not all men achieve sexual pleasure or satisfaction by thrusting their penises into a vagina or anus yet myths concerning male sexuality insist that penetration is a necessity for all men irrespective of their sexual orientation.
Finally we need to stop claiming that a certain % of women do not climax via penetration and instead state that % of women climax regularly either via self-stimulation or by stimulating their clitorises. The clitoris is not situated near the vaginal entrance because it is further up the body. Penetration is primarily a reproductive act because women unlike men have one section of their bodies for reproduction and another solely for sexual pleasure.
Until such time as we accept there is nothing remotely mysterious about female sexuality but instead it has been constricted, constrained and even demonised by male-centered science which is still convinced women just need their bodies modifying or need to learn exercises in order to achieve so-called gold standard of female sexuality. Female sexuality is diverse and different for each woman but still we are presented with research always claiming to have solved the ‘problem’ of women’s sexuality.
September 17, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I have been with partners where vaginal orgasms have never occurred and partners whereby they happen every time without fail…so surely pelvic floor exercises aside; if i had stayed with the same partner i would never have experienced a vaginal orgasm…. Therefore, vaginal orgasms must be associated more with the unique positioning of each woman’s ‘G’ spot, certain sexual positions and a couple’s own ergonomics as well as an emotional factor including sexual desire?
Perhaps it would be interesting to ask more in-depth questions along those lines?
September 18, 2008 at 9:17 am
This debate will run and run! The latest news is that the ‘clitoris’ is much bigger and more complex than ever imagined. Anatomists now believe that it is not a small, discrete ‘erectile’ organ but is actually bigger than the penis and extends from the clitoral hood, either side of the vagina/labia and to the perineum and rectum. We may also find that it becomes associated with the ‘g-spot’ although the medical evidence seems to be building that the ‘g-spot’ may be the vestigal equivalent of the male prostate gland The prostate is responsible for the production of seminal fluid and researchers suggest that there may be a similar mechanism to explain female ejaculation. The research continues.
One thing is clear. The female orgasm is very complex and dozens of factors are involved – physical, physiological and emotional. What the orgasmsurvey has demonstrated very clearly, however, is that physical health and fitness, as in every area of life, is an important factor.
Women who believe they have a strong pelvic floor experience more orgasms – both clitoral and vaginal – than women who rate their pelvic floor as poor. Two thirds of women rating their pelvic floor as poor say they have never had an orgasm of any kind!
Women who exercise their pelvic floor effectively, against resistance, report an improved sex life with more orgasms.
Now that we have opened this Pandora’s Box we have realised that there must be a much more comprehensive survey and that is being planned for the coming months. In the meantime, the more people that we can get talking about the subject the better. Afterall, if pelvic floor exercises can help prevent or alleviate stress incontinence AND improve your sex life the there are no losers!
January 26, 2009 at 6:14 am
Try the A spot orgasm. The A spot is 3-4 inches on the front wall of the vagina. First you “train it” to orgasm with your middle finger, then you have sex.
Harry Mete
http://www.1stop4femaleorgasms.com