No faking female orgasm in scientific research

Reuters ^ | 6/20/05 | Patricia Reaney

[pissant]

Women may be able to fool their partners by faking an orgasm but a brain scanner will catch them out every time, a conference heard Monday.

Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have used scans to show that different areas of the brain are stimulated during an orgasm but are not activated when a woman fakes it.

"Women can imitate orgasm quite well," Gert Holstege told a fertility meeting Monday. "But there is nothing really happening in the brain."

He and colleagues took brain scans of 13 women and 11 men, aged 19-49 who had volunteered for the study, while they were being sexually stimulated by their partner and during an orgasm and compared them to images of their brains at rest.

"We wanted to know what the brain was doing during orgasm," Holstege said.

When women genuinely achieved an orgasm, areas of the brain involved in fear and emotion were deactivated. Those areas stayed alert however when women were faking it.

The researchers also found that the cortex, which is linked with consciousness, is active during a fake orgasm but not during the real thing.

"The deactivation of these very important parts of the brain might be the most important thing necessary to have an orgasm," said Holstege.

"It means that if you are fearful or at a very high level of anxiety, then it is very difficult to have sex because you really have to let yourself go," he added.

The brain scans for men during orgasm were less conclusive, according to Holstege.

But they did show that different parts of the male and female brain are activated and deactivated during sexual stimulation.

The researchers found less deactivation in the males in the areas of the brain linked to emotion and fear when they were sexually stimulated.

They are now planning further studies to compared the male and female brains during orgasm.

About 5,300 delegates are attending the 4-day meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

No, not checkbooks. Diamonds. Big, sparkly ones that make a woman the envy of all of her friends. :-)

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

Yes, willing is good, but I want my man to be a little obstinate. I like a challenge. :-)

[Fierce Allegiance]

Shhhhh, I get away with buying lingerie & my cooking. Don't mention diamonds so loudly, please. Tomorrow, Victoria's Sectret big sale starts! Woo Hoo!

[EX52D]

Gotta agree with you there! ;)

[Ditto]

Women fake orgasms for the same reason they shave their legs --- because they think men care. ;~))

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

LOL Victoria's Secret lingerie is a good appetizer. Especially if you buy it yourself without any guidance.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Especially if you buy it yourself without any guidance.

I get a little help from the very nice & helpful people at VS. I just give them the same sort of clueless look like women give mechanics and they are real good to me. Besides, the recognize me from before, usually. Last time around, it was just a simple set of silky jammies. I love to rub those up! Mission accomplished!

[EdHallick]

Women never fake orgasms with me because my name is Fabio.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

Hmmmm...and I wonder who enjoys those jammies more. Somehow I don't think it's your wife. ;-)

[js1138]

The best reality check is sleep.

[EdHallick]

A women can never fake an orgasm with me, especially when I show "blue steel"

[Fierce Allegiance]

I ain't wearing them, but then again, neither is she after a while! woo hoo!

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

LOL I didn't think you were wearing them. At least I hoped that you weren't. I'd have to reevaluate my opinion of you if you did. ;-)

[HEY4QDEMS]

The researchers also found that the cortex, which is linked with consciousness, is active during a fake orgasm but not during the real thing.

So when someone says "I ****** her brains out", he really did. ...at least temporarily.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I'd have to reevaluate my opinion of you if you did.

If anyone has any preconceived notions of me, I am in big trouble! That said, I do not wear any frilly/lacy/silky clothes. (except silk neckties)

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

No silk boxers? ;-)

[Fierce Allegiance]

I don't think I will discuss my underwear any further than to say no.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

I'm sorry. I hope I didn't offend you.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Besides, the recognize me from before, usually."

I'll bet they know you from running around the store wearing panties on your head!

[Fierce Allegiance]

No, they do not torture me. That costs extra.