# Is it possible to have an orgasm with no physical stimulation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 3, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576 "2007-06-03T13:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/41 "2007-06-05T14:33:48Z")
I once heard this referred to as “thinking off.” I love the concept, but am unfortunately unfamiliar with the event, directly or via observation. And if this thread doesn’t do it for someone, I miss my bet. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/42 "2007-06-05T14:41:39Z")
[QUOTE=WhatHappenedNext?] The PC (pubococcygeus) muscle, which is the focus of Kegel exercises. I can almost (almost . . . _allllmost_ . . . dangit) climax from fantasy and Kegel flexing without other physical stimulation. Since I see it’s possible for others, clearly all I need is more practice! [/QUOTE] Mrs. Homie can do this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/43 "2007-06-05T15:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=psycat90] I’ve had them at work, in my car, at my desk at home, in bed, and once on an airplane. [/QUOTE] By any chance was it in 1960? For just 20 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/44 "2007-06-05T16:03:23Z")
This was happening in Mariana’s trench? ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/45 "2007-06-05T16:15:06Z")
Below is a link to an article published in Wired magazine a couple years ago. An MRI was being used to study the female orgasm, and the study required volunteers who could “think off” because the both motor and sensory input from moving hands and arms would muddy the results. There are also some interesting pictures of the women’s faces at the moment of orgasm. Not sure how that is relevant to the study, but entertaining nonetheless. Article and images not safe for work. [The Coming Boom | WIRED](http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/female.html?pg=2&topic=female&topic_set=) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/46 "2007-06-05T16:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=Brain Wreck] By any chance was it in 1960? For just 20 minutes? [/QUOTE] I’m sure I’m missing a punchline here, but no, I wasn’t even born in 1960. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/47 "2007-06-05T17:43:28Z")
[QUOTE=psycat90] I’m sure I’m missing a punchline here, but no, I wasn’t even born in 1960. 😉 [/QUOTE] You youngsters with your orgasms and such! Get off my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/48 "2007-06-05T18:14:40Z")
[QUOTE=Beaucarnea] There are also some interesting pictures of the women’s faces at the moment of orgasm. Not sure how that is relevant to the study, but entertaining nonetheless. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/female.html?pg=2&topic=female&topic\_set=](http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/female.html?pg=2&topic=female&topic_set=) [/QUOTE] “Interesting,” indeed, Beau. There’s a study waiting to be done. All with eyes shut, almost all with their mouths in indentical shapes, all with heads back. Clearly, the female orgasm is not only a brain/genital event, it’s an all body event. We know this anyway, but these pictures provoke some questions: What is the reason that women inadvetently and unconsciously strike this pose? Is this “simply” the look of ecstacy, or is it different in some ways? Contrary to those expressions, men often look like they’re in pain, or at least working extrememly hard. And yet, the pleasure is no doubt comparable. Why the difference? etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/49 "2007-06-05T18:29:39Z")
I remember reading an article about the wild nightlife in pre-Castro Havana. One club was famous for a very well-endowed guy who sat naked on a chair on stage and, without touching himself at all, could think himself to orgasm. Cue wild applause. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/50 "2007-06-05T18:54:29Z")
An old girlfriend of mine had a spontaneous orgasm while lying on the floor listening to the Klemperer recording of the St Matthew Passion. Possibly the floor was vibrating given the volume she was playing it at, and she’d had a couple of joints and some wine, but damned if that isn’t the single horniest thing I’ve ever witnessed. ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/51 "2007-06-05T19:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=CC] “Interesting,” indeed, Beau. There’s a study waiting to be done. All with eyes shut, almost all with their mouths in indentical shapes, all with heads back. Clearly, the female orgasm is not only a brain/genital event, it’s an all body event. We know this anyway, but these pictures provoke some questions: What is the reason that women inadvetently and unconsciously strike this pose? Is this “simply” the look of ecstacy, or is it different in some ways? Contrary to those expressions, men often look like they’re in pain, or at least working extrememly hard. And yet, the pleasure is no doubt comparable. Why the difference? etc. etc. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. GQ not the desired place for opinions, but a man may spend several minutes _fighting_ an orgasm in order to stay in control, and a woman \*relentlessly pursues \* her orgasm with the full intention of losing control. Maybe her orgasm pose translates to “GOAL!” or “SCORE!” ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/52 "2007-06-05T22:33:34Z")
Maybe. On the other hand (excuse the expression), a male could intentionally place himself in the situation in which orgasm is the goal, even “allowing” someone else to drive, and at the climax, I’m guessing that his face will be contorted in some way. As a male, I cannot relate to the feeling that is apparently being expressed in those pictures by those women. Not during orgasm, anyway. There’s a difference. Yet the pleasure is supreme. Hard to figure out the difference. I’m thinking that researchers still have work to do. ---
**Author:** ![notimportant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@notimportant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notimportant)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/53 "2012-04-04T20:01:59Z")
So i didn’t know that it could happen. You judge for yourself. My boyfriend and i have been together for a couple of years and our relationship is better than any that i have ever seen. As always we can’t spend every moment together but when I hear his his ringtone on my phone for text or call I have an orgasm that sprays just from knowing it is him calling. No i don’t touch myself or think about anything sexual. It is just knowing that he is calling. We recently had a problem. I was bleading and we don’t go there but i love to make sure he cums treally good every single day. I started giving him a blowjob and even though he never touched me i could literally feel him inside me. He decided to see how hard i would spray if he just jurked off with me just watching. Is it possible to be sore from being banged so hard when he never even put it in? The answer is yes i actually was too sore to get on top toodays after that because it felt too bruised. So is that a wild imagination or is that true love? ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/54 "2012-04-04T20:12:14Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > An old girlfriend of mine had a spontaneous orgasm while lying on the floor listening to the Klemperer recording of the St Matthew Passion. Possibly the floor was vibrating given the volume she was playing it at, and she’d had a couple of joints and some wine, but damned if that isn’t the single horniest thing I’ve ever witnessed. It’s the languid speed of this interpretation that must have done it. The prologue just aches and is much slower than any other version I’ve ever heard - and I’ve heard a lot. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/55 "2012-04-04T23:19:22Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Does the rope in gym class count? Best poster/post content combo of the week (kinda sorta- **WNP** is still active so what the hell). ---
**Author:** ![LilRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LilRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilRoses)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/56 "2012-04-06T07:13:36Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > It’s kind of funny that almost all of the people who say they can experience orgasms without genital stimulation are women, but Cosmopolitan magazine and everyday experience tell us that like half the women in the USA will never have an orgasm, ever. Okay, I’ve I’ve never admitted this. But will do so here now, hopefully anonymously. I am a 42 year-old woman and never had an orgasm. Don’t know if I ever will. Is this too much information? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/57 "2012-04-06T12:20:14Z")
> [@LilRoses](#): > > Okay, I’ve I’ve never admitted this. But will do so here now, hopefully anonymously. I am a 42 year-old woman and never had an orgasm. Don’t know if I ever will. Is this too much information? Nope. See your doctor, though. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/58 "2012-04-06T14:05:19Z")
One other thing - I’m not sure of this because of…well… but many years ago, my mother, who feared flying, got herself enough courage to do it, partly by drinking a good bit of scotch ahead of time. Afterward, when she flew again a few times, she admitted that she found it quite…exciting…to take off. Now that I think of it, her demeanor while telling us this makes me wonder if she didn’t actually have a sexual rush, maybe even an orgasm, in the bargain. Unaided. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/59 "2012-04-06T14:16:15Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > It’s kind of funny that almost all of the people who say they can experience orgasms without genital stimulation are women, but Cosmopolitan magazine and everyday experience tell us that like half the women in the USA will never have an orgasm, ever. I think it’s more likely that half of the women will never have an orgasm during intercourse, or while having sex with another person. I know there are some people that can’t orgasm, but in the vast majority of cases it’s pretty hard not to when you’re going to town on yourself. To answer the OP, yeah, I’ve done it once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576/60 "2012-04-06T15:36:39Z")
I know someone who can get off just from someone counting to three.\* It’s very hot. Of course, she’s very hot. And smart. And yes, I’m freaking jealous. The times that amuse me most is when the person getting her off is the guy who’s a math teacher and does decimals and fractions and pi and stuff. - No, this isn’t one of those friends that’s really myself. I wish. And no, she can’t get off to just anybody counting, And yes, I’ve made the jokes about the Count on Sesame Street. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-orgasm-with-no-physical-stimulation/406576.md?page=4)