Women feel no emotions during orgasm
 

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7548

People tend to justify their actions after the fact. No matter what the real justification was. I'm wondering if women's insistence that sex is "more emotional" for them -is some sort of overcompensation for what is really going on... -that they feel absolutely no emotions whatsoever.

I also wonder if this is natures way of telling women not to worry bout nothing -just enjoy your orgasm. I think these findings are pretty thought provoking.

God I really missed the boat when I did my research.

To think I could have got grant money to study orgasms!

What that study doesn't mention and seems to be quite normal (I am told) is the FLOOD of emotions that many times follows orgasm.
Quote: The problem is that PET scanners measure activity over two minutes - and in men it is all over in a few seconds. Truer words were never spoken. :lol:

Funny... during orgasm is one of the few times that I actually DO feel emotion...

Typical male response ;) There's more to sex than orgasm, silly - all this study said was that at the moment of orgasm, there are certain parts of the brain that are normally associated with other functions (e.g., emotion) that show a marked decrease in activity. That's not to say that there's not a hell of a lot more emotion going on before and after. I know I've had orgasms that have released a veritable FLOOD of emotion afterward - from giggle fits to hysterical crying. I might not have been focused on the emotions while I was actually having an orgasm, but boy were they present afterward. And that's not even dealing with the emotional aspects of foreplay, partner selection, blah blah blah. I'm sure there are plenty of women for whom sex is just sex, and lots of men for whom emotion plays a bigger role in sex than they might be willing to admit. Studying one aspect of sex doesn't begin to address the complexity of it.

My theory addendum is that while this is true, it is simply a practicality effect of the brain. Emotion (as you all well know) takes an incredible amount of energy to start and maintain. I must admit at the very *moment* of orgasm, which is probably no more than 2 seconds, I have absolutely no emotion. My brian is focused entirely on the sensation, and I think that's a good thing. I dont want my brain taking away any available processing time for anything other then the sensation. Afterwards, sure.. bring the systems back online -- and they certainly do. Like everyone so far.. intense emotion before and after.. but during that one or 2 second interval? Nope, and no thanks.

I wasn't at all surprised by the findings. You don't need your brain in order to cum, thus it switches off to an extent. We rely on instinct, sorta like animals. Sex and orgasm are is about as animalistic as it gets.

The Bloodhound Gang said it best:

"Me and you baby aint nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do on the Discovery Channel"
:D

This actually made me laugh. I wonder how much of list they had going for researchers to participate in this study? This really doesn't affect me that much, though I hope that it is not true. And I agree with what was said above. They didn't include the rush of emotions after the fact.

I am just wondering how accurate the research could be when the women involved were brought to climax WITH THEIR HEAD IN A PET SCANNER!!!! I mean, come on, that is not an everyday occurrance. I think that for many women, being able to climax is not simply a matter of rubbing a certain area over and over until it just happens. They have to "feel" right and be in the right frame of mind for it to happen. Kind of challenging while lying in a lab with your head in a PET scanner.

I'm not saying the research isn't valid or interesting. It is just a point that they should consider in their analysis. I can't think of a better control though.

Sorta like animals!

Oh ho, funny fellow. ^^

People tend to justify their actions after the fact. No matter what the real justification was. I'm wondering if women's insistence that sex is "more emotional" for them -is some sort of overcompensation for what is really going on... -that they feel absolutely no emotions whatsoever.
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree... sure, there may be a lack of emotional response in those couple of seconds of orgasm, but as a woman, I've found it's really hard for me to not react emotionally to issues involving sex.

I know quite a few women who could do this...i think i'll give them a call to give them a head's up about a possible job opening in the future...

Did anyone else find the part of the brain "Hippocampus" funny sounding?


/threadjack

Yeah, as opposed to men who have nothing but pure pg-rated romantic thoughts on their minds when they come....psshhhhhhh.

As I guy, I can't say I feel that many emotions during the few seconds of orgasm, just sensations! :crazy:

Emotions come before and after :D

This either shows that women have no emotion during orgasm... or that we still don't know shit about how the brain works. I vote for the latter. GOOD JOB NEUROLOGISTS!

That is such a load of BULLSHIT. OMG these scientists need to be castrated so no woman is ever forced to deal with them ever again. This is reminding me of the doctor who tells me I won't feel my pap smear because "there are no nerves there." It makes me want to cut off his dick and tell him there are no nerves there either, so stop screaming.

This kind of sensational pseudoscience destroys male and female interaction. Any man who tries to tell me my orgasm is not an emotional experience is lucky to get out of my house with both balls intact. All my housemates listening to my yell OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU can tell you what bull this is.

haha to the comment by Acetylene. When I actually think about it, I'm a guy but I actually thought that obvisouly I would feel emotions, but when orgasming, I think its mainly just sensations as ktsp pointed out.

I've found that my emotions come into play AFTER I cum. It's like there's a void created and a fload of emotions follow orgasm. When I cum though I'm not doing much thinking or anything besides FEELING physically the orgasm. Maybe this is puzzling to them because woman are such multitaskers. I do find though that my brain has to shut off a lot of the anxiety and emotions of the day to enjoy sex. Afterwards I get an outpouring of emotion though. Like the faucet has been turned on again and it was backed up while it was off. Odd though

I also liked the comment about having your head in a scanner. I doubt I could cum at all without really shutting down and concentration on the purely physical. Otherwise my environment would be freaking me out. No wonder their emotions were completely offline.

emotions turn of during orgasm, but what about arousal? Then it's an essential part of the process.

And, might I add, they are only looking at women, and only 16 of them. With a PET scanner. Not a great study. I would want more people, of both sex, and I would think a fMRI would be better?

Well, technically...You know, in the few women that science has actually looked at, there are no pain nerves on the cervix. However, obviously there are for some women. Just a little side note. :p

I love the Bloodhound Gang. God, that brings back some memories. :lol:

My brain switches off for a split second during peak. Then, it's back on and I'm suddenly wondering if I woke the neighbors. :p As far as emotions go, sometimes it's a void of emotion afterwards, sometimes it's a flood. Prior to orgasm, it's usually just a reflection of the previous few hours, but nothing extreme.

No nerves? I have heard the contrary. I've heard that the highest concentration of nerves in the vagina is IN the cervix. I myself can testify that there are most definately pain receptors there.

If there were no nerves in the cervix, they wouldn't need to numb it for procedures such as an IUD sounding or insertion. There are SOME pain nerves in the cervix, but not as many in other parts of the body--technically you're more likely to feel a pinch from pressure, not pain. Believe it or not, they're just starting to do research into the placement of nerves in the female pelvic region, mostly in the interest of nerve-saving during hysterectomy. Sad.

Seriously. I doubt that people who participate in monitored sex research are an accurate cross-section of what 'normal' people are. They are much more on the exhibitionist side than a typical couple fucking.

This goes triple if you account for the amount of people that are so repressed that they only have sex with the lights off in missionary position through specially designed garments so that no naked bits can touch.

oh, no, not at all. That thing has to STRETCH for the baby. Pain nerves would be...bad. There's not a lot of nerves in the vagina at all. The highest concentration of nerves in the genitals are in the clitoris of course, and then the labia. Which is why so many women don't orgasm during sex. Sex doesn't stimulate the clitoris, and there's not much else to go on.