Grab her by the clit

T he results are finally in — a study in Clinical Anatomy has found that the clitoris does play an important role in reproduction, activating a series of brain effects taking as read, incidentally, that it is done right: so we are talking about a female orgasm, not about an ignored clitoris, sitting there, minding its own business. Those brain effects in brief: enhancement of vaginal blood flow, increased lubrication, oxygen and temperature, and an altered position of the cervix, which paradoxically slows down the sperm and improves their motility. From a lay perspective, this feels pretty uncontroversial. The clitoris is right there in the reproductive ballpark; it would be weird if it did not at least try to help. Yet this — perhaps predictably, since female sexuality is involved — is a highly contested space. It was a popular view in the 70s, that female orgasms were important to egg fertilisation, thanks to the suction effect of the muscle contractions, ensuring that sperm went in the right direction, and did not get distracted by, you know, open air.

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When it comes to reaching orgasm, most women need more than plain old penetration. Your penis is great and all , but only a quarter of women routinely come during vaginal intercourse —which means a lot of ladies need some clitoral stimulation in order to climax. Packed with nerve endings, the clitoris is one of the most sensitive erogenous zones on a woman's body. It has around 8, nerve endings , which is double the number you have in your penis, FYI.

Takeaway: Your hands are so sexy, but are you using all the petting possibilities available to you? I worked at a copy shop. It was not a glamorous or sexy job, but it paid the bills. Some days the job required me to stand for mindless hours at a counter taking orders.