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...issues covered in this special issue of TIME, this one may be the most controversial: Is there really a need for an orgasm-promoting drug for women? The drug companies like to cite a study suggesting that 43% of American women suffer from FSD, which would make the disorder more than 10 times as prevalent as breast cancer or AIDS, though surely a bit more bearable. But critics point out that in the study, women were judged to have FSD for answering yes to any one of seven questions, such as whether they had experienced difficulty with lubrication or sometimes...
...matter how lust is triggered, though, sex, like eating or sleeping, is ultimately biochemical, governed by hormones, neurotransmitters and other substances that interact in complicated ways to create the familiar sensations of desire, arousal, orgasm. By understanding how that happens, scientists should in principle be able to help people like Washington for whom sex just isn't working. And indeed, over the past decade or two, scientists have identified many of the pieces of this complex puzzle. It clearly involves testosterone, along with other hormones, including estrogen and oxytocin, and brain chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. And there...
...said, referring to the large gong that hangs near the entrance and rings throughout the day and night when drunken patrons muster the courage to ring it. As we soaked up the ambiance, we overheard a fellow patron praise the coconut martini profusely. “This is an orgasm in a glass!” he said. We took his word...
...rise in the nascent bodybuilding culture of the time. He took a minor and largely derided sport and made it a world-wide sensation. And he extolled its pleasures and reveled in its vanity. He said he used to compare a good workout in the gym with an orgasm--and on Oprah! You can see frames of him smoking what looks like a big fat joint after a contest win. You can view Mapplethorpe-like photographs of him in the nude. You can see his complete ease in the bohemian subculture of Muscle Beach...
Martha Vicinus explains the problem with defining sexuality from an “overwhelmingly male and heterosexual” point of view: “Sexuality in general is defined in terms of the male orgasm; it is like a powerful force that builds up until it is spent in a single ejaculation.” When we have equality, we might also be able to envision a sexuality that doesn’t require objects...