# an orgasm caused by sneezing?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 17, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417 "2008-10-17T18:16:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@behr\_strat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/behr_strat)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417/1 "2008-10-17T18:16:36Z")
a friend once mentoned to me that a sneeze is one tenth of an orgasm. does this mean that if you sneee ten times that you have an orgasm? i need some answers because this is killin me.
😕
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417/2 "2008-10-17T18:18:43Z")
“What are you taking for it?”
- “Pepper!”
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### Author:  [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417/3 "2008-10-17T18:21:12Z")
That simply sounds like one of those blatantly false “facts” that people forward around endlessly in emails.
Edit: A quick Google search proved me correct: [Sneeze Equals Orgasm | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/sneeze.asp)
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-orgasm-caused-by-sneezing/468417/4 "2008-10-17T18:36:21Z")
I thought Cecil had addressed this once, but all I could find was [Why do I sneeze after every ograsm?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/460/why-do-i-sneeze-after-every-orgasm)