The four pairs of nerves that trigger orgasm are in the clitoris, vulva, vagina, cervix and uterus. When they are stimulated, signals travel up to the sex centre of the brain, where chemicals are released. Only when a key chemical — dopamine — is released into the deep front region of the brain do women experience sexual pleasure. Other signals then travel down the spinal cord and out through the nerves — cue heavy breathing, flushing skin and a racing heart beat. At the same time the hormone oxytocin gushes down through the bloodstream heading south to stimulate the uterus to contract. While you sink into that throbbing spurt of action, there’s your orgasm.Sexologists here in India are not surprised by the finding that a woman can climax without any manual stimulus. Why orgasms produce pleasure still needs to be researched, say experts. But who cares? As long as they do, we women folk are happy! While this research finding serves an immense purpose in the understanding of sex, it has raised concern in the medical fraternity. “It is true that a woman can fantasize herself to an orgasm. But what would happen to all the men if women stop needing them for sex?”
The multiorgasmic tendency of women also gives them this edge over men. The fact is that women beat men hollow when it comes to their capacity for sexual pleasure, admit sexologists. “A woman can have about four to six or sometimes even eight orgasms in a single session. The female physiology is such. After having an orgasm, men take about 45 — 60 minutes before they can have another. But women can lap up a couple of these blissful sensations.
Source: Megha Chutervedi