Why am I struggling to have an orgasm?
It's About the "O"
In today's episode we'll be talking about why orgasm can sometimes be elusive, and how you can become better friends with the big "O."
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Show Notes
The following time stamps are matched up to the podcast version of the episode, not the video version.
2:00 - Recap from last week
2:30 - If your sex is great, it accounts for 10% of your relationship. If your sex is struggling, it accounts for 90% of your relationship.
4:00 - The strength of your orgasms and the frequency can changed based off of the things that are going on in your life.
5:00 - Sometimes the only thing you need to "spice up your sex life" is understand your anatomy and its capacity for pleasure.
7:00 - Women's anatomy is no more complicated than male anatomy, we just haven't prioritized it enough.
9:00 - What is the vulva, and how is it different than the vagina?
10:15 - Women's sexual pleasure comes mainly through the clitoris, not the vagina. Most women either can't or struggle to experience orgasm through intercourse.
12:30 - Vaginal orgasm/G-spot orgasm is not a "different" orgasm from a clitoral orgasm.
14:00 - Follow the pleasure and take off the pressure.
14:30 - Sex is not a "drive"
15:40 - Context is HUGELY important to experiencing desire and arousal.
16:00 - Check out Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
17:45 - Responsive vs. Spontaneous Desire. It's VERY important to know the difference, and which one you're more likely to experience.
19:10 - When were the times you had an amazing experience during sex? What was the context?
22:20 - For some people you experience desire for sex, then you experience arousal. For others, you experience arousal first, and then desire.
23:35 - Let's talk a little bit about vibrators and lube
26:20 - Stress is the anti-aphrodisiac
27:00 - Episode summary
29:00 - Extra resource: Becoming Clitorate by Laurie Mintz