POWER OF PLEASURE
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The female body is beautiful, natural, artistic, and aligned with what grows around us – a safe place to escape and fulfill our innermost fantasies and daydreams. We, as women, are meant to be in touch with these feelings and vibrations. Orgasms are important for our health, and therefore NEED to be talked about more. So, why are we not talking about them?
Being vocal about sex and masturbation can feel awkward and weird. This is because society has taught us that talking about our sexual desires is somehow wrong, inappropriate, or “un-lady-like.”
But, we are going to talk about it. We are going to talk about it because it is important for us to know what feels good and what doesn’t.
So, what is an orgasm? An orgasm, simply put, is the feeling of sexual arousal when the body releases sexual tension and pressure. It involves intense feelings of pleasure throughout your body.
Orgasms usually last for about a few seconds and feel very good. An orgasm can occur either during sex or masturbation. It’s one of the four stages in the body’s sexual response cycle:
- Desire (Libido)
- Excitement (arousal)
- Orgasm
- Resolution
During orgasm, your body releases hormones known as “the feel-good hormone” or, dopamine and “the love drug” or, oxytocin.
These hormones increase feelings of happiness and other positive emotions. But, that’s not all an orgasm does for you and your body, there are many health benefits linked to orgasms.
Your Brain on Orgasm
When we orgasm, we not only feel good on the outside but something great is happening inside too, particularly in our brain. Our brains send signals back and forth between different parts of our body, including our genitals. So, while your body is being stimulated your brain is too. Lots of things are happening in your brain from the beginning of foreplay all the way to after you orgasm, to learn more click below!
- The area of your brain that is responsible for communicating back and forth with your genitals, begins firing.
- In women, the clitoris, vagina, and cervix each activate different parts of our brain. With that, the groin region of our bodies is also stimulated. Each of these parts can lead to orgasm on its own, but the combination of two or more areas can lead to a more intense orgasm.
- Men can only reach orgasm through stimulation of the penis, meaning fewer areas of the brain are affected or lit up than women.
- The part of the brain responsible for initiating sexual behaviors, the front medial lobe, turns on.
- The continued stimulation activates the hippocampus, which manages our memories. During sex, this may mean associating smells and sights with past sexual encounters or even fantasizing about past sexual encounters in an effort to raise arousal.
- The part of the brain responsible for sexual drive, amygdala, starts getting involved as you get more aroused.
- As you are about to orgasm, not just your genitals are active, your cerebellum (part of the brain responsible for moving your body) sends signals to your thighs, glutes, and abs to begin tensing.
- This muscle tension contributes to orgasm by increasing blood flow to the area and increasing nerve activity. This tensing sends signals back to the brain to be aroused.
- The frontal cortex, associated with planning and abstract thought, also joins in and may be responsible for your mind wandering to sexual fantasies right before you reach orgasm.
- The hypothalamus releases oxytocin (feel good hormone), which causes uterine contractions which we as women are familiar with. Oxytocin is created in the pituitary glands during sex and then released in the hypothalamus. This gland also releases dopamine at this point. It also regulates your body temperature and manages sexual behaviors.
- Dopamine communicates with other parts of the brain to assess how well your human needs are being satisfied. If these needs are met, dopamine will be sent to the nucleus accumbens to reinforce this motivation and desire to keep seeking these feelings of pleasure.
- Orgasm signals the parasympathetic nervous system to start calming the body. The brain also releases serotonin, responsible for good mood, relaxation and drowsiness which may make you want to nap.
- Both men and women release oxytocin, however, women release more of it which may relieve pain, potentially helping with any post-sex headaches, or any pain with rougher (consensual) sex.
Your Body on Orgasm
For women, orgasms can have a long list of positive impacts on the body. So, not only do orgasms feel good and stimulate different parts of our brain but we also physically benefit from orgasms. For example, if you’ve ever felt certain types of pain or discomfort, such as headaches, orgasms help alleviate that pain. Many women find that after orgasm their headache goes away, this is because large amounts of endorphins are released which impact how your body experiences pain.
Orgasms also boost fertility. Orgams increase the chance of pregnancy at any point during a woman’s cycle, drawing in more sperm, and boosting our immune system to aid with fertilization. Women who regularly participate in sexual activity and experience orgasms will experience a lowered risk for hypertension, rapid heart rate, and most cardiovascular diseases.
After orgasming, the level of white blood cells increases, meaning that your immune system has a boost for fighting off any illnesses. Orgasms and sex can also be seen as a form of exercise! If you spend 30 minutes doing it, you can burn an average of 85 calories for each half hour. Still, women could burn the same calories doing desk work or sitting in meetings, but which is more fun? Plus, experts point to the other exercise benefits from sex; the stretching of muscles and tendons, the flexing of joints and the increase of respiration, heart rate and blood pressure that in a healthy woman can energize the body.
Benefits of Masturbation
Sex with a partner is great, don’t get us wrong, but masturbation is often seen as the key to a great sex life. Exploring and experimenting with yourself to find what feels good for you is important. Not only that but research shows that women who masturbate are more likely to have fulfilling sex lives, better health, better partnerships and marriages, and increased self-confidence. Generally speaking, women often believe that their sexual needs and desires are less important than their partners.
Because, again, society has made us feel that the urge or desire to masturbate is wrong or that we should feel ashamed or guilty for doing it. The reality is there is so much potential for healing, growth and well being through exploring your sexuality, expressing it, and experiencing it with pleasure. Women who masturbate experience a plethora of health benefits such as:
- Prevention of cervical infections
- Relieving urinary tract infections
- Improving cardiovascular health
- Lowering risk of type 2 diabetes
- Prevention of insomnia
- Increase pelvic floor strength
- Improve mood
- Relieve stress
- Strengthen your relationship with yourself
- Strengthen sexual relationship with your partner
Masturbation gives you control over your body which allows you to learn a lot about who you are. You cultivate positive feelings about your body, which gives you confidence from the inside out.
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