“W omen clearly differ in how important orgasm is to their sexual satisfaction,” Graham
writes. She notes, however, that this difference may stem from how widely women vary in the …

I n Chapter 5, Mintz and Guitelman focus attention on “the orgasm gap, which is the
consistent empirical finding that during heterosexual sex, men have substantially more …

Introduction Orgasm is a sensation of intense pleasure creating an altered consciousness
state accompanied by pelvic striated circumvaginal musculature and uterine/anal …

Female orgasmic disorder is defi ned as either “marked delay in, marked infrequency of,
absence of orgasm or markedly reduced intensity of orgasmic sensations”(APA, 2013, p …

One of the marked differences between men and women is the relative ease by which most
men can achieve an orgasm compared to the greater difficulty for a considerable percentage …

Introduction Disorders of orgasm in women, defined as the persistent or recurrent delay in or
absence of orgasm, affect up to a quarter of the female population. Aim To review existing …

A consistent finding in the literature has been that only about half of the women experiencing
orgasm difficulties also report associated distress. This may suggest that orgasms are less …

While not as common a presenting problem as in the early days of sex therapy, orgasmic
complaints continue to be a significant issue for many women. While historically anorgasmia …

As clinicians continue to treat sexual dysfunctioning, our diagnostic categories are becoming
more refined and specific.“Frigidity” has been replaced by a number of diagnostic categories …

The subject of orgasm in women has always been a topic of great interest to sex
researchers. Although orgasmic dysfunction is quite rare in men (under 1%) it is the most …