Around the female orgasm much has been broken. For a time, science doubted Clinical Anatomy Press Release: There’s No Such Thing as a Vaginal Orgasm , whether the vaginal orgasm actually exists at all, and conservative society believed that since female pleasure is not needed for conception, it's not that important.
In 20 years, we have confirmed that the female orgasm not only exists, but varies. And if clitoral, vaginal, or even anal variations no longer surprise anyone, few have heard of myotonic.
How myotonic orgasm occurs
At a biological level, all types of orgasms occur more or less the same and include three components:
- the flow of blood to the tissues of the genital organs;
- myotonia, that is, muscle tension and the subsequent involuntary rhythmic contractions;
- general excitation of the nervous system.
Without the first, men would not have erection, and women's vaginas would not produce lubrication. Without the second, no one would make strange faces or stretch their toes to the ceiling. Without the third, there would be nothing at all.
However, despite the general fundamental mechanism, myotonia and blood flow can be achieved in different ways.
Some women accidentally discovered in childhood that they could experience pleasurable sensations and even achieve sexual release by crossing or squeezing their legs.
This is myotonic orgasm, as it is called Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders: Myth or Reality? in Russian sexological practice. In the West, there is another term for it — coregasm (from the English words core — core, muscle corset — and orgasm). It is provoked by the tension of the abdominal, pelvic, and thigh muscles, which can be achieved in various ways: by crossing or squeezing legs, riding a bicycle, doing exercises with a rope or log, and even just by doing ab workouts.
Alfred Kinsey, the grandfather of modern sexology, wrote about coregasm in 1953 in the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. 5% of the women he surveyed claimed they experience orgasm while exercising. And Dr. Debbie Herbenick, a leading contemporary researcher in this field of medicine, found out Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University 61 years later that 10% of her respondents experience myotonic orgasm.
Perhaps it's because people have become more active in sports? Debbie even wrote a book about coregasms, where she noted: “You are more likely to feel it during intense muscle exertion. For example, if you do as many crunches on the abs or leg raises as you can tolerate.”
What women say
Ordinary women are also happy to share life hacks. An employee of a company producing a menstrual tracking app Clue, whose first orgasm happened while climbing a rope, advises:
Girls on Reddit didn't want to be left behind. Someone's experience is positive:
I do it in public places when my boyfriend sends me all sorts of naughty texts or teases me with pictures. It turns me on, and I can sometimes climax by crossing and tightly squeezing my legs.
Oh yes, I’ve been doing this for many years. I accidentally stumbled upon this method at eleven. You press on all the right spots. It all works easily, quickly, conveniently, and unnoticed.
For someone — just pleasant:
I can't climax from this, but starting and getting turned on is more than enough.
But there were also negative experiences:
I have been trying to stop for a month. Too aggressive stimulation on the clitoris. It seems I am becoming less sensitive because of this; climaxing from oral sex has become harder.
I can climax only if I cross and tightly squeeze my legs. Is there a way to overcome this? Can I achieve orgasm in some other way?
What medicine says
Myotonic orgasm in Russian sexology is considered a deviation Myotonic (myocompression) orgasm from the norm, a maladaptation. This can indeed happen Disorders of Orgasm in Women , but the causes of disorders are always different.
Some women have conditioned their bodies to this type of stimulation — for example, like a Reddit user who could no longer achieve orgasm from oral pleasuring. There are also psychological reasons. Anxiety and shame from the fact that the usual way of obtaining pleasure is considered wrong can altogether deter The impact of anxiety on sexual arousal in women the desire to have sex.
Research in this area has only been conducted in America, so it is difficult to say what Russian sexologists are guided by when stating Discussion ropes that women who do not experience orgasm from penetration “have not experienced real intimacy”. Moreover, there are only 17% of such women Women’s Experiences With Genital Touching, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Results From a U.S. Probability Sample of Women Ages 18 to 94 .
According to a survey by Dr. Herbenick, cases of physical maladaptation as a result of early coregasm experiences are rare, and muscle tension (not excessive, but normal) is considered Sexual Response Cycle in modern sexology one of the components of orgasm of any type.
So is it normal or not
The fact-based medical consensus and common sense suggest one thing: the normal masturbation will be that which contributes to a healthy sex life and joy from one’s own body.
If myotonic orgasm has displaced others and the woman is unhappy with this fact, she can consult a neurologist, psychologist, or sexologist. And if it brings her joy and makes life brighter — she can simply tense up and enjoy the pleasure.
