Maggie Gyllenhaal Explores Female Orgasms on Discovery


Updated 08/22/11 11:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks Orgasm on Discovery (Video)

On the Discovery channel's Curiosity show last night, host Maggie Gyllenhaal poses the question, "Why is sex fun?" One of the ways the actress explores the pleasures of sex is by talking with scientists about the mysterious female orgasm. In this clip from the show, she narrates a group of scientists tracking the brain activity of a female volunteer who's inside an MRI machine "about to give Read more

Group Therapy: No Fireworks in Bed


Updated 07/27/11 6:38 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 7 comments

Boyfriend Can't Give Me Orgasm

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I finally admitted to my boyfriend of 5 years that he doesn't give me orgasms in bed. We only have sex about once every two months (we don't live together, have strict parents.) He asked me what he wanted me to do to help me . . . but I don't know! I've never had an orgasm during sex or Read more

Pleasure Is All in Our Heads


Updated 08/22/11 10:11 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Women Orgasm With Their Brains

So much for blaming men! A new study is taking the pressure off men and putting it on women — because that will help — by suggesting imagination is clutch to female climax. Brain scans of women who can imagine their way to orgasms show the exact same parts of the brain light up while imagining masturbation and actually doing it, albeit to a lesser degree. Of course, women able to imagine Read more

Weight Impacts Sex Lives of Obese Women More Than Men


Updated 05/04/11 6:44 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

Obese Women Have Lower Sexual Satisfaction

Dating site OkCupid created some shiny graphs last month based on its users' profiles and found that women who enjoy exercising have an easier time achieving orgasm. Now a study appearing in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy provides scientific evidence linking fitness with good sex. The study out of Duke University found obese women experience lower sexual satisfaction and a lower sexual Read more

Link Time — When Is It OK to Fake an Orgasm?


Updated 04/19/11 3:05 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 0 comments

When It's OK to Fake Orgasms

Three situations when it's OK to fake it — College Candy 10 benefits to having an IUD — Em & Lo Princesses and princes ranked by attractiveness — The Hairpin Sex tip: the waiting game — Glamour 10 flirtation flatliners — The Frisky What to wear on a first date — FabSugar What does it take to make a good first impression? — Huffington Post Firsthand account of a date with a Read more

Enjoy Working Out? You Probably Like Sex Too


Updated 04/20/11 11:05 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Exercise and Other Tips For Female Orgasm

Today OkCupid released 10 charts about sex. We don't have to look further than Chart #1 to get to the good stuff: women who enjoy exercise have more satisfying sex. According to the dating site's blog, which has published findings like men really lie about their height and playing up your "ugly" trait will get you more dates, "women who don't like working out report twice the orgasm problems of Read more

Group Therapy: Orgasm Troubles With New Guy


Updated 03/07/11 6:33 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 7 comments

Impossible to Orgasm During Sex

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I need help on how to orgasm with a partner. I can masturbate on my own, but sometimes it takes a ridiculous amount of time to even get myself off. I've had a pretty okay sex life, nothing too great until my current partner; he's just great. But unfortunately for me, he loves it when a girl is Read more

Men's Little Helper For Faking Orgasms


Updated 11/09/10 7:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Men Faking Orgasms

Men just keep getting pushier and pushier with their quest for gender equality! We know they fake orgasms — yet another study today points out 17 percent of men have — but beyond theatrics a man's orgasm is more cut and dry (or, whatever!). So how are they getting away with it? Michele Promaulayko, editor in chief of Women's Health, says condoms are their secret weapons. It's that simple Read more

Is the Slow-Sex Movement Going Mainstream?


Updated 09/24/10 12:39 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

Slow Sex

When we wrote about One Taste, a live-in retreat center dedicated to female pleasure, last year, slow sex seemed like an only-in-San-Francisco fringe movement. One that only people with little modesty and a lot of — how do you say? — interest could be part of. But now the very mainstream sex educator, Pamela Madsen, has coined the phrase "organic orgasm" to distinguish climaxes reached by Read more

Did You Orgasm the First Time You Had Sex?


Updated 02/15/11 2:12 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 16 comments

Orgasm the First Time You Have Sex

There's losing your virginity and losing your orgasm virginity. Rarely are they lost at the same time, but a few of us — very few, I imagine — were fortunate enough to check both of our lists in one memorable night. Were you one? If so, share your secret in the comments! Did You Orgasm the First Time You Had Sex? Yes No Read more