WOMEN: COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX
How important is foreplay?
Foreplay is any caressing or other stimulation that increases sexual arousal before intercourse. Enough foreplay is needed to make the penis erect and the vagina sufficiently lubricated. We need and like different amounts and activities. Some people are ready for penetration in less than a minute: others need or prefer half an hour or more.
What’s the best position for sex?
Any position you enjoy. It seems that position isn’t an important factor for either woman or man to complete the full response cycle and reach orgasm. Most of I us have our preferences, but it’s fun to try something different. You’ll find a dazzling array of positions illustrated in most of the many books about sex in any library j or bookshop.
What proportion of women reach orgasm during intercourse?
It depends on whose study is quoted. Surveys give widely varying results, ranging from 20 to 75 per cent usually experiencing orgasm during intercourse; 30 to 45 per cent who experience it sometimes; and 5 to 80 per cent who have rarely or never reached orgasm during intercourse.
Many women say that they can enjoy sex without necessarily having an orgasm every time, which seems difficult for men to understand.
What happens if you don’t reach orgasm during intercourse?
If you become sexually aroused and the build-up of blood in the pelvis isn’t released by orgasm and resolution, it can leave you feeling uncomfortable, wakeful and dissatisfied. If this happens time and again it can cause a feeling of fullness in the pelvis, abdominal discomfort and, sometimes, chronic pelvic pain and backache. Pelvic congestion can be relieved by masturbation, but this solution isn’t acceptable to all women.
What’s the difference between clitoral and vaginal orgasm?
Are orgasms from masturbation different from orgasms with a partner?
Physiologically there’s no difference, but many people notice a difference in quality between the two, both in intensity and in the emotional satisfaction experienced.
Can vaginal size affect sexual enjoyment?
Not often. If the vagina is very small or absent because of congenital malformation, intercourse may be difficult or impossible, but sex can still be enjoyed with other genital stimulation. Most congenital problems can be corrected to allow intercourse.
In women whose pelvic floor has been badly torn during childbirth and not repaired, constriction of the lower third of the vagina during the plateau phase may not be sufficient to grasp the penis, so that there is less stimulation of the clitoris during thrusting. This problem is rare now that perineal tears are repaired immediately after delivery.
How important is the size of the penis?
There’s no truth in the belief that the bigger the penis, the better lover a man will be. In fact, though there’s a lot of variation in the size of flaccid penises, they all reach about the same size when erect. The smaller the flaccid penis, the more it enlarges during arousal and vice versa.
What effect does hysterectomy have on women’s sexual enjoyment?
There are plenty of studies that show that sexual response is no different after hysterectomy, though of course the contractions of the uterus during orgasm will be missing. The majority of women say that this makes no difference to their sexual enjoyment. However, libido may be reduced in women who are emotionally upset by hysterectomy.
What’s the G-spot?
This is an area on the front wall of the lower third of the vagina, behind the urethra. Its name comes from Dr Ernst Grafënberg, who first described it as an intensely erotic zone. It’s not known whether all women have a G-spot or how important it is in sexual enjoyment. Some women who’ve found this spot say that is their most powerful erotic zone: others say that different erotic zones are equally or more stimulating. Many women who can’t find a G-spot still find sex wonderful, so it doesn’t seem to be essential.
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