A+ Roundtable: Our Orgasm Thoughts

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It’s actually not infrequently that we receive an A+ Advice Box question about orgasms. They are a hot topic, a topic of contention and confusion, sometimes joy and sometimes anguish! Folks feel all kinds of obligations to have them, to “givewp_poststhem, to be able to orgasm in certain ways. There is even the phrase “achieve orgasmwp_postswhich is really giving a lot of undue pressure here. Who said we had to hand out trophies? Worse, there's also the implication that we might not get a trophy. On the complete opposite end of the effort spectrum is “la petite mort.wp_postsPersonally, I think that sounds like a nap. Anyway, words mean a lot! They can set expectations, but he...

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