# Am I having orgasms? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589 "2010-01-19T18:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/41 "2010-01-20T16:33:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So if a penis, a mouth, a vibrator and your fingers are all applied to get you off at the same time, is it a _schmorgasmbord_? I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/42 "2010-01-20T16:35:45Z")
I’m speaking hypothetically here, but three out of four ain’t bad, right? Actually, I suppose I could do all four at once if my partner was one of those girls who could climax from nipple stimulation, but I have yet to meet such a one. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/43 "2010-01-20T16:36:05Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > TMI? Not at all. Do go on. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/44 "2010-01-20T16:41:59Z")
If you get off by using a stick shift, is that a four on the floorgasm? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/45 "2010-01-20T17:02:41Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > If you get off by using a stick shift, is that a four on the floorgasm? And wet dreams? Snoregasms. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/46 "2010-01-20T17:20:39Z")
Eating bacon for the first time: _boargasm_. Okay, I apologise for that one. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/47 "2010-01-20T17:21:27Z")
Ann Coulter has spore-gasms. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/48 "2010-01-20T17:26:26Z")
Do it too much and you’ll get sorgasms. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/49 "2010-01-20T18:10:45Z")
Too many of you have seen Tim Kazurinsky’s routine. Probably on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![happyrobotfuture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@happyrobotfuture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyrobotfuture)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/50 "2010-01-21T08:58:38Z")
no. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/51 "2010-01-21T13:20:37Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > There are some contractions in my mid body area but they voluntary (I think) because of the intense pleasure I feel, but I’m not having those involuntary pelvic contractions. May I suggest trying not to do the above and then find out if they are voluntary or not. Sometimes they run together, but by resisting the voluntary you will find that they are involuntary. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/52 "2010-01-21T16:55:43Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I’m a guy, so I don’t know, but I have heard both sexes compare it to a sneeze - the building, the involuntary shudder, and the sense of release. For this man, that’s accurate. It’s like the most excellent sneeze. In my penis. Hm…I’d rather describe it as somebody slamming my head into the wall, followed by my whole body being squeezed in a vice. Just without the pain. A good one, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/53 "2010-01-21T20:40:21Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I’m a guy, so I don’t know, but I have heard both sexes compare it to a sneeze - the building, the involuntary shudder, and the sense of release. For this man, that’s accurate. It’s like the most excellent sneeze. In my penis. Another thought on this. I’ve never felt a sneeze to be more than mildly pleasant. At best. Sometimes a bit unpleasant, even without a cold or flu. But that’s just my POV. Does my nose have its own consciousness? If so, might it typically be thinking, mid-sneeze, **OHHHHHHHH, YESSSSS!** And aftrward, “Once was not enough!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/54 "2010-01-21T21:17:23Z")
When you pick your nose, does it say “Deeper, baby!”? ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/55 "2010-01-21T22:30:43Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I guess the most important question is, when it’s all over, do you feel satisfied, or a little anxious and frustrated? Beyond that, the question of whether it was an orgasm is academic. Yes satisfied and buzzed. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/56 "2010-01-22T10:25:42Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Yes satisfied and buzzed. As I alluded very poorly to in my last post, orgasms get better with time (as you relax, etc). My advice? Practice, practice, practice. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/57 "2010-01-22T18:27:20Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Yes satisfied and buzzed. I’d say that feeling afterward, with your description of “waves” and the urge to make voluntary mid-body contractions, settles whether it is some kind of orgasm you experience. It’s your individual experience of sexual climax, and “if it makes you happy” as the song goes, there’s no need to be concerned about experiencing something else as better. Maybe as has been said you will someday go beyond it, especially with a variety of stimuli. BTW, an experienced gynecologist or medical researcher could probably answer whether it’s possible to have uterine contractions (“ut’r’ne”? ;)) unwittingly. > [@tdn](#): > > When you pick your nose, does it say “Deeper, baby!”? Take a closer look. This nose??? Do you really think I ever picked it? Why in the world would \*anyone \*pick this one?! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/58 "2010-01-24T03:26:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Even within my relatively modest number of sexual partners during my lifetime, it was easy to observe that there was often quite a difference between one woman’s orgasm and another’s. > > So if it makes you feel good, keep on doing it. Really? My experience is really limited, but they looked kind of the same as their eyes rolled back and they passed out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/59 "2010-01-24T04:30:01Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > Perhaps debunked, but for those of us (the lucky ones) that can have one just from vaginal intercourse, its way different than the outcome of masturbation (or oral - thanks Nzinga). The orgasm may involve both - but just clitoral stimulation is a less intense (for me anyway) sensation. > > But it still comes down to my final sentence to the OP: Quit trying to decide if it fits the definition, if it feels good, go have another. I could have sworn that either the Kinsey report or the Masters and Johnson report said that this was a myth, that orgasms were all clitoral based orgasms. They also (whichever report it was) stated that only about 25% of women were able to achieve orgasms through intercourse alone. Lucky 25%! Most women have stronger, easier to achieve orgasm through direct clitoral stimulation. At any rate, I vote with the “if you have to ask” crowd. A person can get pretty turned on, even feel “jolts” even if they haven’t actually experienced an orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589/60 "2010-01-24T05:52:00Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I could have sworn that either the Kinsey report or the Masters and Johnson report said that this was a myth, that orgasms were all clitoral based orgasms. I swear I’ve also read that vaginal vs. clitoral orgasms have been debunked, but can assure you that my orgasms are glaringly different depending on how I’m being stimulated. Orgasms from direct clitoral stimulation (especially with a vibrator) feel almost “tinny” is the best way to describe it. Like it’s all treble and no bass. Orgasms from penetration without direct clitoral stimulation take longer for me to build to, usually only happen in one specific position and are definitely deeper, sustained longer and feel much more like rolling waves than a quick splash. Both are pleasant, but the waves definitely leave me more satisfied. The clitoral-focused orgasm just leaves me feeling like, “Okay, done with that. What’s on TV?” As to the OP, it certainly sounds like a form of orgasm, but I agree with those who recommend more practice. Especially, try sustained indirect clitoral stimulation (including rubbing or applying a vibrator) near, but not directly on, the clitoris and see if that changes the end-stage sensation at all. Sometimes switching the slightest thing can change the feeling pretty dramatically for us girls, it seems. Reminds me of [this](http://www.bloginfiji.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/man-vs-woman.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-having-orgasms/525589.md?page=4)