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Orgasms are given to us for two reasons; they allow us to feel pleasure and help us gain knowledge of who we truly are.”
Amara Charles • The Sexual Practices of Quodoushka: Teachings from the Nagual Tradition
a mentally well world
alex • 3 cards
The brain is not only the command center for sex, it’s also a generator of pleasure. These two functions—enabling sex to happen and setting us up to actually experience pleasure from sex—are inextricably linked in both the brain and the body.
Nan Wise • Why Good Sex Matters: Understanding the Neuroscience of Pleasure for a Smarter, Happier, and More Purpose-Filled Life
Gender Differences A few people said that orgasms were probably necessary for men to define a sexual encounter as great but not for women. We heard this primarily from both male and female sex therapists but also occasionally from others we interviewed. Quite a few participants said that they did not personally need to have an orgasm in order for s
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Mental Health
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brain
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“deep inside, a part of the mind keeps on reacting. Because with the thought, there’s also a sensation. You must not miss this root.”
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
But I never really thought about orgasms. And I thought pleasure was unimportant, maybe even selfish. It never occurred to me that not only was it critical, it had a profound impact on who I was as a young woman. I thought of orgasm as something kind of nice, and kind of shameful. I was not a particularly promiscuous person, nor did I consider myse
... See moreRegena Thomashauer • Pussy
When you look at her she may resemble a small bump. You may not be able to see her at all. Whatever she looks like, know that at most you’re seeing her crown. The 8,000 nerve endings she contains actually extend down into our bodies where they cannot be seen. You can think of your clit like a wishbone; her crown is where the two halves of the wishb
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