The Nookie Know-It-All: Orgasm Stats
Posted by: Sexpert Lindsay
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9:00AM, Monday May 12th 2008
“What percentage of women have an orgasm during intercourse? The stats I’ve read really seem to vary, with some studies making it seem kind of rare. Is that true?” - Curious About Climaxes, Cleveland, OH
General statistics (which vary as much as your orgasms do) show a whopping 75% of women failing to reach orgasm during intercourse. 12% percent NEVER EVER achieve one, even through self-stimulation.
A lot of this has to do with knowing your body well enough to determine what turns you on and what doesn’t. I didn’t achieve my first orgasm until my mid-20’s, and didn’t find a partner I could have regular orgasms with until I was almost 30 (I’m 29 now, so you do the math).
I think your comfort level with your partner also has a huge amount to do with it. Nowadays it’s much more common to date and/or sleep with a lot of guys in your late teens/20’s, so it’s harder to learn what works for you. The only G-spot you’ll figure out with that hot guitarist you slept with is on a guitar.
If you’re having trouble orgasming, the best present God gave you is two hands. Use them, my child, and masturbate… A LOT. That way you can figure out exactly what works for you. Then, when you find a partner you feel comfortable enough with (emotionally AND physically) you’ll have your blueprint for O-Town.
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teets
wrote on February 18 2008 @ 01:07 pm: [report]
Holla! I didn’t have my first O until my mid-20s (with the man I ended up marrying. Coincidence? I think so.), and I still wonder how I went through all those years thinking **I** didn’t work properly.
Lindsay
wrote on March 20 2008 @ 04:25 pm: [report]
Orgasms also depend on how comfortable you feel with your partner, and how well your bodies fit together..it’s all about the chemistry.
bombwithaplomb
wrote on May 24 2008 @ 03:19 pm: [report]
Seriously, there needs to be massive public awareness campaigns to notify girls that they are not “broken” because they are not easy cummers. The kinds of people who read lots of sex advice columns and are sexually well read in general know these stats but I’ve talked to girls who just feel like they are hopeless and I feel like I can help because I too didn’t have an orgasm until I was 21 (with the help of a butt plug, which I think is a bit unusual but you know, whatever works)and can assure them that that’s just how some of us ladies work.
sunrise
wrote on January 5 2009 @ 12:19 am: [report]
I had my first orgasm when I was about 12, on my own of course. However, I didn’t meet a man who could get me off himself, with out any of my doing, until I was almost 20. I still find that the only way I can have an orgasm during sex is by getting myself off while I’m on top or something…does anyone else do that?