The time has come for women to close the orgasm gap. Research shows that straight women statistically get off less than any other demographic, including lesbians. Clitoral stimulation is a must for 36 percent of women, according to a recent Indiana University study conducted in partnership with OMGYes. See what they had to say below. Responses have been edited and condensed for clarity. I own a really nice Rabbit, but I find myself just turning to my hand whenever I need to. Once I realized that my sexual happiness was a turn-on for my partners too, I started involving myself during penetrative sex. With masturbation, I usually prefer a vibrator, with or without vaginal penetration, or with my hand. My wish list? I recently shared this personal information with a female friend who was stunned to hear it and now cautiously optimistic about her own orgasmic potential.

3. Set the ~mood~.
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Unlike some animals, human females can have sex any time of the month, and they do not have to orgasm to ovulate or get pregnant. Male-dominated scientific norms mean that much about the female orgasm remains misunderstood, and many harmful myths persist. A female orgasm can be highly pleasurable and occur during masturbation or sexual activity with one or more partners. Scientists are unsure whether it has additional benefits.
1. Bust out a mirror.
Then there are others, myself included. According to the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior in , 72 percent of women ages reported having masturbated in the past 90 days, but in other age groups, that number dropped to the mid- to lower 60s. But Fehr says that the problem might stem from the fact that all women are built pretty differently.
WE'RE always told to learn how our bodies work so we can experience full sexual satisfaction. Self-pleasure — masturbation — ranks high in this advice. With a view to sharing this insider-info one day with a lucky partner. Or beating around the bush so to speak! This becomes the only way they climax. But it can be hard to mimic the exact friction and pressure you give yourself, with a partner. Or they simply rush to their end goal, climaxing quickly, so romping through the four stages of orgasm — the arousal stage, the plateau stage, the actual orgasm stage, and finally the resolution stage of post-orgasmic bliss.