# Orgasm - How Early Can You Have One? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453 "2003-02-25T19:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/21 "2003-02-26T02:42:43Z")
I discovered masturbation by rubbing against the mattress when I was about four or five. I had orgasms that felt the same then as they do now, only nothing came out. It took until I was about ten or eleven to find out that I was not the only one who ever did that. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/22 "2003-02-26T02:59:39Z")
I have a friend whose two year old daughter regularly masturbates in her carseat and seems to orgasm. It’s rather unsettling for me (and my friend, for that matter)… ---
**Author:** ![JoltSucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@JoltSucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoltSucker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/23 "2003-02-26T03:34:38Z")
I was masturbating before I can remember (at least that’s what my parents told me). I can remember back to when I was 5 y.o., and I remember that while it doesn’t compare to an orgasm now, it was certainly an orgasm. It’s not dissimular to when you masturbate and “shoot blanks” (don’t ejaculate, which for me is when I have orgasm #4 or #5), except without the “blue balls” sensation (that’s when your testicles ache from all the abuse :D). ---
**Author:** ![cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/24 "2003-02-26T03:50:56Z")
Apparently, you don’t need to have been born in order to have an orgasm. From the [_American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology_](http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=letter&id=aob17503a10): > [@](#): > > We recently observed a female fetus at 32 weeks’ gestation touching the vulva with the fingers of the right hand. The caressing movements were centered primarily on the region of the clitoris. Movements stopped after 30 to 40 seconds and started again after a few minutes. Furthermore, these slight touches were repeated and were associated with short, rapid movements of pelvis and legs. After another break, in addition to this behavior, the fetus contracted the muscles of the trunk and limbs, and then clonicotonic movements of the whole body followed. Finally, she relaxed and rested. > > The current observation seems to show not only that the excitement reflex can be evoked in female fetuses at the third trimester of gestation but also that **the orgasmic reflex can be elicited during intrauterine life**. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/25 "2003-02-26T04:25:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \* > **Friction burn.** :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: _shudder__shudder_ _shudder_ Oh the mental images… make them die… make them die… ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/26 "2003-02-26T06:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boo\_boo\_bear \* > **BTW - I do remember - distinctly - the first time I actually ejaculated. I was 11 and it scared me for many reasons (not the least of which was that my testicles ached horribly afterwards). I went to the school library later that day and found that a “white discharge” from the penis was caused by gonorrhea or syphilis (I forget which one). I didn’t know how I contracted either disease, but I was sure I had it and lived in fear…** One of the characters in “A Chorus Line” had a similar experience. ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/27 "2003-02-26T06:59:14Z")
Wow…I was 16 the first time I had one. I know a girl who is 22 and has never had one…though she’s a bit …psychotic. I wonder if that’s because she hasn’t orgasmed yet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/28 "2003-02-26T07:04:52Z")
Nah, lots of women have trouble reaching orgasm and some can take a really long time to figure it out. Glad I’m not a woman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![boo\_boo\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@boo\_boo\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boo_boo_bear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/29 "2003-02-26T08:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plain\_jane \* > \*\*Are you only asking about male children? > > Well, if you’re not: I was 6 when I discovered orgasms. Had no clue that’s what they were, but… well, that’s what they were. 🙂 \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gravity \* > \*\*Yeah, I was five when I had my first. I’m female, too. \*\* You know, I _was_ just thinking of male children originally - Laura (her real name) told me that women don’t have orgasms until around the age of 11 (she based this upon her own experience and those of her friends, I think) and that’s one reason, I suppose, that she refused to believe the ‘orgasm at 5’ (replacing “News at 11”) experience that I had. And the idea of a fetus masturbating is… rather incredible and could be a real bonus, I think, for anti-abortion groups if they’d just pick up the ball… Thanks so much again for everyone’s input - I have LONG been a Straight Dope fan (from the books) but now I feel a new addiction coming on… -bbb- ---
**Author:** ![ozman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@ozman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/30 "2003-02-26T13:32:09Z")
And here was me thinking I was the only one who had ever experienced/wondered about this… 🙂 I was another early 'gasmer too; five or six, and fooling around with my next door neighbour… bizarre. As I remember, she got sent home pretty rapid that day. ---
**Author:** ![Israfell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Israfell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Israfell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/31 "2003-02-26T15:38:37Z")
Well here’s an add on question to the original. Is it possible to reach orgasm without even touching yourself and by simply focusing on sexual thoughts thus reach climax? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/32 "2003-02-26T17:55:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Is it possible to reach orgasm without even touching yourself and by simply focusing on sexual thoughts thus reach climax? The master speaks: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000505.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000505.html) ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/33 "2003-02-26T18:09:07Z")
I’ve often felt that one of the greatest boons to humankind would have been the ability to “think off.” Seems like a few people can. Party on. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/34 "2003-02-26T18:42:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cynic \* > \*\*Apparently, you don’t need to have been born in order to have an orgasm. From the [_American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology_](http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=letter&id=aob17503a10): \*\* Keep that in mind next time a pregnant woman says she can feel the baby “kicking.” ---
**Author:** ![Davides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Davides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davides)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/35 "2019-04-16T16:05:46Z")
When I was 11 another kid taught me and a friend how to jack-off. I remember him telling us that you would just stroke your penis until you just had to stop, because the orgasm would not end without ejaculation, and the feeling just became too intense to continue. Boy, was he correct! I would jack off all the time, stopping only when the orgasmic feeling became too intense to continue. A year or so later, when I jacked off and ejaculated for the first time, a new phase of my life began. Done that now an enormous number of times. But I still remember that orgasms before I could ejaculate were more intense. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/36 "2019-04-16T16:28:15Z")
Ejaculation is not the same thing as orgasm. I had plenty of orgasms as a child eons before my hormones made ejaculation a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/37 "2019-04-16T17:22:38Z")
Is 16+ years about right? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/38 "2019-04-16T17:31:59Z")
Dangit… shoulda noticed the long-banned posters if not the OP date :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/39 "2019-04-16T17:33:34Z")
I’ve heard of tantric sex, but this is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453/40 "2019-04-16T17:41:21Z")
**Moderator Action** Welcome to the SDMB, **Davides**. Please note that the thread you have replied to is over a decade and a half old (kinda makes me wonder what you were searching for that brought you here, but then given the topic I probably don’t want to know the answer to that). In any event, in the General Questions forum, we prefer that you not revive extremely old threads like these unless you have something new or significant to contribute. Since this thread is so old, and many of its original participants are no longer around, I am going to close this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-how-early-can-you-have-one/157453.md?page=1)