Wired News is always one to cater to a large variety of interesting topics, but one article I recently ran across that Google News Alerts delivered to my email is a wired news special on fmri studies and orgasms.
Of the things discussed were the real existance of so-called knee orgasms, nose orgasms, and a number of other orgasms. What the article is getting at is the very idea of what an orgasm is may be changing based on these studies.
Komisaruk: Orgasms have been described as being elicitable from any part of the body — the mouth, the nipples, the anus, the hand. It leads us to think that there is a general orgasmic principle of building up excitation from different parts of the body leading to a climax and a resolution — not necessarily ending in ejaculation, but a feeling of an orgasmic experience. (Source: Wired News)
The article also discusses the surprising finding that some women who had no feeling below the waist were even able to achieve genital orgasm through the vagus nerve.
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Its true. I thought I was the only person in the universe that had this! It was only until my thirties and with a very attentive partner. It is interesting to note that it does not involve stimulation of the knees only a very intence sensation after an regular exceptional orgasim in the usual place! There is usually a delayed responce so it is like I get two! Also I did not know this existed until after I experienced it so it is not pychologically produced.
I tried rubbing my knees sensually, but no matter how vigorous the attempts, I didn’t have a climax. My nose is also a cold fish. Help! Am I destined to be limited to boring penile orgasms for the rest of my life? And what happens if I suddenly become paraplegic???
Obviously these are urgent questions that Science should concentrate on solving immediately. After all, if everyone knew how to orgasm from a handshake or light stare, the world would be a very different place. Not necessarily any better (hello disturbing family thanksgiving dinners), but certainly more interesting.