The Hite Report on Female Sexuality research, published in 1998, shows that 94 percent of women can regularly orgasm via self-stimulation. Sadly this is not often happening during sex with a partner because the stimulation is not done in the same way. Men often think women orgasm the same way they do, and they need to be educated.

The definition of sex should change to include clitoral stimulation as a normal part of sex. This would also make sex more egalitarian, no longer exaggeratedly focused on penetration and coitus as the high point or climax of sex. Sex is way too macho the way it is right now.

Society has not been able to quickly overturn centuries of belief about the act, or allowed women to orgasm in their own way. Instead, it has clung to the new trendy term with its old-fashioned idea of sex.

Sex should change into an activity where both women and men get the stimulation they need for orgasm. Since women can easily orgasm via their own clitoral-area stimulation during masturbation, the same stimulation should become an equally important high point to intercourse and penetration in a new version of sex.

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Did you know there’s a study that says that up to 45% of the differences between women in their ability to reach orgasm can be explained by their genes?

Its findings suggest there is an underlying biological basis to a woman’s ability to achieve orgasm. Whether that basis is anatomical, physiological or psychological remains uncertain, says Tim Spector of the twin research unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK, who carried out the study.

Spector’s team asked more than 6000 female twins to fill out a confidential questionnaire about how often they achieved orgasm during intercourse and masturbation. Only 14% of the women reported always experiencing orgasm during intercourse. Another 32% of the women reported that they were unable to achieve orgasm more than a quarter of the time, while 16% never achieved it at all. Comparing the results from identical and non-identical twins suggests that 34% of this variation in ability to orgasm during intercourse is genetic.

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New Scientist report revealed a brain scanning study which showed that many areas of the brain switch off during the female orgasm - including those involved with emotion.

“At the moment of orgasm, women do not have any emotional feelings,” says Gert Holstege of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Women’s brain activity was measured with PET scanner in four states: simply resting, faking an orgasm, having their clitoris stimulated by their partner’s fingers, and clitoral stimulation to the point of orgasm.

The results of the study are striking. As the women were stimulated, activity rose in one sensory part of the brain, called the primary somatosensory cortex, but fell in the amygdala and hippocampus, areas involved in alertness and anxiety. During orgasm, activity fell in many more areas of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex, compared with the resting state.

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Naturally there are many things every man and woman should know about female orgasms. This is a good list to start with. These five facts about female orgasms were discovered by neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk, endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores, and sex researcher Beverly Whipple in their research (get their book The Science of Orgasm).

• It isn’t easy
  It takes about 20 minutes of clitoral or G-spot stimulation for most women to hit the jackpot. An average intercourse doesn’t even last that long. The researchers also estimate that 24 to 37 percent of women can’t climax at all. This is mostly because smoking, drinking, emotional disorders, medications, and menopause.
• You can get help
  Fortunately if you can’t climax, there’s hope for you. Cognitive behavioral therapy, testosterone treatments, the herb ginkgo biloba, and the nutritional supplement ArginMax (which includes Korean ginseng, ginkgo biloba, vitamins, minerals, and an amino acid) have been shown to improve sexual satisfaction.
  
• Pleasure for procreation
  Some researchers believe that having an orgasm during sex increases the chance of conception. The theory: Oxytocin, a hormone released in peak levels during orgasm, causes uterine contractions that coax sperm toward the egg.
• Mastrubation is good for you
  Besides its obvious perks, masturbating is good for your health. Studies show that orgasm can reduce sensitivity to pain, relieve menstrual cramps, and alleviate stress—possibly due to a surge in oxytocin and dopamine.
• Orgasm as treatment for hysteria
  From ancient Greece to Freud’s time, doctors stimulated orgasms in women via “medical massage” to treat the catchall female ailment known as hysteria. In the late 1800s, the vibrator was designed for the same purpose.

Clitoris is the epicenter of woman’s sexuality.  It’s tip contains approximately 8000 nerve endings, almost twice that of the tip of the penis. Did you know the clitoris doubles in size as it hardens during arousal… and is even more sensitive? While the size and appearance of clitoris can vary greatly, it does not affect orgasm or sensitivity.

Clitoral orgasm is the most common type of female orgasm, but it needs direct clitoral stimulation. The main reason women don’t orgasm during intercourse is that the clitoris isn’t stimulated. You need to choose a position where it will get stimulated (directly or indirectly), or get your/his hands to help.