Betty Dodson with Carlin Ross
Better Orgasms. Better World.
Dear Betty,
I am a 26 year old woman, and I can only have clitoral orgasms, I've had them alone since I was 11, and also with my partners since I was 16, when they're patient enough to let me masturbate during slow penetration or any other moment during sex.
I never had a problem with that, but lately, I've been talking to so many women, and even seeing with my own eyes, how easy it is for them to have vaginal/g-spot orgasms (not sure it's the same?). I know it is not good for me to be comparing myself with any other women on that aspect but... I just can't help but feel like I'm missing out something really good!
Whilst listening to Betty, Carlin and Joan Price discuss ageless sexuality, Carlin mentioned she can really only achieve vaginal orgasms with new partners because she is really horny at the beginning with floods of pleasure chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin and later down the line of sex with that same person clitoral stimulation becomes essential to achieving orgasm.
Here is my comment on the www.psychologytoday.com article discussing the study that may indicate women who have orgasms during intercourse live longer. Here is a link to the article itself.
My comment to this article is significant because it mentions some aspects of one of the concepts that I will be addressing in my forthcoming book, working title, The Power of Appreciation: That using the term "vaginal orgasm" is not the best designation to use to refer to female orgasms triggered via the insertion (and manipulation) of objects and/or anatomy into the vaginal canal.
Here are two emails I received today from one of my recent sex life consulting clients.
News of incredible sex after taking skype classes with me. She's in Asia after all. She'd had one other session with me before last weekend. That one included what's commonly called "vaginal orgasm," which I find to be not specific enough to what's happening. Then she asked me to do a thirty minute session focusing on an advanced blowjob technique I called, with her, the origami blowjob.
I've been writing my e-booklets on specific sexual pleasure and female orgasm topics. The relevance of penis size, depending on the woman and her partner, is abundantly clear to me. Further, the role of the big penis as I understand it and teach it as a sex life consultant. It has to do with how consistently a woman can reach what many call "vaginal orgasm." In short, size does matter. Absolutely. (And, her's does too!) More about that in my publication. :)
Dear Dr. Dodson,
First, let me thank you for your wonderful website! I have been coming here for several years and have learned an enormous amount about sexuality from your comprehensive information. I would like to comment on your views about vaginal orgasm, however. While I understand your wish to clarify how and where women experience orgasm, I feel that on occasion you dismiss entirely those of us who do in fact enjoy vaginal orgasm. I recognize that I am in a minority when it comes to having vaginal orgasms, and that you necessarily direct your information to that majority of women who do not have the good fortune to experience vaginal orgasms.
I have never had any feeling inside my vagina. I never have since I started having sex. I can feel that something is there but no pleasure at all, not even a little. And I know for a fact that it is NOT the guy. I have had a few different sex partners over the years of different shapes, sizes, and performances. I can have a mind blowing orgasm by playing with my clit but never from inside.
Hi Betty,Hi Betty,
i'm 26 years old, female. I have a bf and he's very loving and caring partner trying to do everything to satisfy me. But i am not able to reach orgasm during intercourse, even though it feels very great. I have reached a few in the past, last one maybe a year ago. about half a year ago i started to masturbate with a vibrator by stimulating my clitoris and i am perfectly able to have orgasms in this way. but nothing during an intercourse.
After I read the article below by Anne Koedt in 1970, I was thrilled and made a cold call hoping to meet and discuss how we could collaborate. Although Anne was suspicious of me over the phone, once she was sure of my feminist credentials, she set up an appointment. During our visit, she explained that after receiving so much hate mail and a death threat as a result of her article, she was going to disappear. She had just begun a new relationship with a man she loved and didn't want to jeopardize their future with feminist politics. I picked up where she left off to carry the clitoral banner. I'm thrilled to be republishing Anne's piece here:
Dear Betty,
I am not able to have an orgasm while having sex! I have been sexually active for 9 years, with several partners and have yet to achieve maximum pleasure during sex. I know it's sometimes difficult for women to have an orgasm through sexual intercourse. However, 9 years, several long-term relationships, and sexual partners later, it seems crazy and leaves me hopeless. I am now (and have been for a while) finding it hard to even want to have sex, to get excited during foreplay, and to even get moist. This is taking a toll on my relationship. I want to be able to enjoy sex and i want to orgasm with the man I love. Is there any way you can help?
Carrie
Dear Carrie,