The Female Orgasm

Abstract

This article focuses on orgasm in females. In their landmark study in the 1960s, sex researchers established some characteristics of the female physiological response to sexual activity. They found that during arousal, respiration, blood pressure and heart rate increase. Blood flows into the vagina and vulva, and the uterus rises as the upper part of the vagina balloons open. At orgasm, the outer third of the vagina, the uterus and other areas of the pelvic region contract involuntarily. According to them the clitoris, a small erectile organ near the front of the vulva, plays a central role in most women's arousal.