What is an Orgasm?

Question

i just want to know, i hear people talking about it but i dont know what it is...

Answer 1

Well I really don,t think your going to get an answer to that one, as that is one thing you are just going to have to experience . when it happens, i don,t think really think any one can explain that one to you, & oh so good luck on that, I guess you will know it when ithappens & it is the greatest feeling in the world & thank god we can have that, good luck on that one.

Answer 2

You are probably very young. Since you are already browsing the Internet, it's much better to check out a site like Wikipedia for example, rather than Yahoo answers. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_orgasm

(I think you're female, right? But there's info there about both, female and male orgasms.)

Again, if you're very young, you might not be able to understand everything you're going to read on Wikipedia, but you won't get dirty or just simply wrong answers that unfortunately you're going to get here, on Yahoo answers.

Example: 'if a man doesn't have an erection, a woman cannot have an orgasm' - WRONG, 'if a man has premature ejaculation, a woman won't have an orgasm' - WRONG, 'a female orgasm is a myth' - WRONG.

An orgasm is a wonderful thing. It'll happen to you, don't worry.

Answer 3

it's not just for men (most of your responses refer to orgasm as being a "men" thing)...

Psychological Definition of Orgasm
Psychologists and psychiatrists define orgasm based on subjective experiences of satisfaction, release, and other emotional and/or cognitive changes. Freud (who distinguished vaginal from clitoral orgasms) considered one kind to be proof of psychological health and the other to be a sign of psychosocial development that has stalled. By Freud's definition a good orgasm came from vaginal penetration, and a bad one from clitoral stimulation. Most psychologists and psychological researchers have abandoned this concept and by most of these definitions either you've had an orgasm when you say you've had an orgasm, or you've had one when what you describe matches what some expert proposes orgasm to be.

Cultural Definition of Orgasm
A much longer tradition of defining orgasm comes from artists and writers, who often define or illustrate orgasm by its transcendent, mind altering effects. These definitions are far and away the most colorful, but obviously don't offer any standardized definitions of what an orgasm is. The term "la petit mort" which the French use to describe the semi-conscious post-orgasm experience is a good example of a definition which is more experiential than scientific.

As you might guess, in the absence of a clear orgasm definition winner, some propose that to define orgasm we have to consider all three elements.

Two researchers from McGill University have proposed a model of orgasm that encompasses all three of the above elements:

Sensory.
This refers to all the physiological experiences in our body, including feeling heat, muscle tension and release, heart rate, blood pressure, etc…

Evaluative.
This is the way we experience and evaluate what's happening; does it feel good or bad, pain or pleasure, intense or mild?

Affective.
Or our emotional response during and after orgasm; do we feel intimacy or distance, transcendent or grounded, happy or sad.

This model is recommended for at least three reasons. First, this definition focuses on the experience and not the sexual behaviors. It doesn't refer to what body part is stimulated, or how it is stimulated. This makes sense since we don't all have the same bodies, and we don't all get sexual pleasure in the same way. Second, this definition of orgasm complicates matters. Most traditional models of orgasm have been based on Masters and Johnsons sexual response cycle, which is a useful but overly narrow definition of orgasm. Finally, this model doesn't favor one aspect of orgasm over another.

Answer 4

Male and female orgasms are genital muscular reactions to pleasant stimulation from other physical or mechanical objects. The muscular reactions, in turn, stimulant the "pleasure" centers in the brain. The "pleasure" derived is often nearly unbearable, but never to the point that the recipient would wish to forgo the experience once again.

Of course, experience is truly the only way you'll understand an organism.

Answer 5

An orgasm can be described as reaching your sexual peak during intercourse. To put it mildly. You may or may not ever experience one... I have a friend who never has and she is in her thirties... I would check wikipedia or about.com for a more detailed explanation

Answer 6

How old are you? An orgasm is reaching a sexual peak during sex. You will know it when it happens.

Answer 7

If you're with the right man, it's a mind bending, toe curling, wish it would never end, explosion of ecstasy, repeated a couple of times for good measure. If you're not, it's something you fake to make him get off of you and go fall asleep somewhere.

Answer 8

It's when you come, you know? When you bust, same for a woman when she reaches her climax ( very intense excitement during sex, where afterwards you sometimes feel sensitive and don't want anymore or vise-versa.

Answer 9

when you have sex the ultimate enjoyment is orgasm. if a man does not have erection women will not have orgasm. if a man have pre mature ejaculation women will not have orgasm.

Answer 10

Go to the following source.


I hope this helps.