All about female orgasm

If you're having trouble reaching orgasm or want to understand more about orgasm to better pleasure your partner, Doctissimo is here to help. Read on to learn about how orgasm works, in particular the more elusive female orgasm.

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  What's in an orgasm for women?

  Both men and woman frequently ask about the difference between clitoral and vaginal orgasms. Can some women achieve orgasm through intercourse while others only achieve orgasm through clitoral simulation?
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  Paths to female orgasm

  Orgasm: the end outcome of a sexual encounter? Yes, but all the pleasure experienced on the road leading up to orgasm shouldn't be neglected... Touch, mutual exchange, words expressing desire and pleasure; these are all elements which help to feel free and trusting enough to lose control and...
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  Orgasm: women in pursuit of pleasure

  You both want to make love; your partner is attentive and loving and your lovemaking exciting and enjoyable, but you can't achieve orgasm... The secret to fulfilled sexuality lies in understanding and accepting your body and sexuality.
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  Yes, to women’s sexual pleasure!

  As a consequence of male-dominated sexuality, female pleasure spent a long time in the dark. But thankfully today, the “passive participant” stereotype has given way to proactive and openly pleasure-seeking women…
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  The path to orgasm and what it means for couples: Elisa Brune investigates!

  Probing ever deeper into what Freud called the “dark continent”, the essayist and science journalist Elisa Brune is currently conducting a study of feminine sexuality. She has brought together many different experts and a large number of women in her quest to understand female sexual pleasure.
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  The modern woman: a sexual revolution

  In the 21st century, women are celebrating unprecedented sexual freedom. But what is really going on behind the hype? What issues are at work in relationships, and why are sexual pleasure and orgasms still sometimes missing? The psychiatrist Philipe Brenot carried out a study, with the help of...
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  The cougar: When women fall for younger men

  Nowadays, you see women in their forties and fifties with much younger men on their arms, and this phenomenon has spread rapidly in the last few years. This is a sign of the times, but where does it leave men?
  
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