Had enough female orgasms? Or are you still unsatisfied? Either way, and like it or not, here’s my last post on the subject.

Thus far, we have focused on those individuals who experience female orgasm directly, namely, women. But what about those who encounter it second-hand: men? Most lovers — of either sex — are interested in whether their partner experiences an orgasm. Sometimes it becomes an obsession, such that “Was it good for you?” has become a much-satirized query, susceptible to satire precisely because it is asked so often. This leads to the interesting possibility that orgasm may be important not merely for the information it provides to the woman in question, but also as a way of communicating to the partner.

And what would it communicate? The fact that many people take a partner’s orgasm as important information may itself speak to an unconscious…

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