http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/0.../mwt/broadsheet

Ah, the mysterious female orgasm
The female orgasm is one of the great mysteries of the world. It ranks up there with Stonehenge and the popularity of "Dancing With the Stars." Recently, a team of scientists learned a little something more about the female orgasm -- not how to have one, unfortunately, but what happens when you do. According to this lengthy article in Scientific American, "when a woman reached orgasm, something unexpected happened: much of her brain went silent." (Silent and orgasm, not two words you usually hear together.)

This is different from orgasm in men, whose ejaculation induced heightened activity in memory-related imagery and in vision itself. Also, according to one Judd Apatow movie, songs from "Hair." But while women experience all rushes of chemical goodness during the stimulation phase and afterward, at the exact moment of climax, as one scientist said, "women do not have any emotional feelings."

Huh. That runs pretty much counter to everything we think about sex and women. Men are supposed to be less emotional about sex, while women are supposed to be knitting baby booties in their head while they're coming. So what gives? As far as the lab coats can tell, the reason has to do with the female need for comfort in order to climax. To get to that special place -- and God knows it can be a tricky journey requiring lots of backup, special gear and repeated spins of Marvin Gaye -- they have to shut down things like judgment and inhibition. "Fear and anxiety need to be avoided at all costs if a woman wishes to have an orgasm," explained one scientist.

These findings may not hold true for nonclitoral orgasms. But boy, I am not going to start talking about nonclitoral orgasms. Not before you buy me a cup of coffee or something.

Take my word for it, they do.
Not a single solitary thought or (emotional) feeling, or sound for that matter, at the point of orgasm. Lots and lots of all of the above before and after though.

sounds like you might want to sign up for the advanced studies...
I bet salon.com would be willing to give you the name of those doing the studies...
(i'm kidding, I'm kidding... or am I? )

[x] Thread delivers.

Post of the year.

I don't know about post of the year, but it definitely needed to be shared.

thank you, though.

Sex sells, seuss.

I have personally studied the female orgasm.
More research is required before i publish!

Good, we need some input on faking techniques.

Why, oh why, would I want to get involved in some one elses study of the female orgasm.

I am female, I have orgasms.
I could write a book all by myself!!! Errr.... So to speak!

Even that aspect needs extra research to determine it's validity.

I believe that's filed under, to quote Seinfeld, as an "orgasm under false pretenses."

I think I'll require many comparrison tests.
Then there's the question of scale.