Holy shit balls! My mind was blown last week, and I want to
share the information with you, because some of us learned about sex way back
in the day from abstinence-only programs. And let’s face it, I doubt sex
education has gotten THAT much better. SO I am spreading the information love.
If you haven’t heard of Rosemary Basson, you need to Google
her. She is a genius researcher/professor/dynamite detonator who has
revolutionized how researchers view the typical female sexual response cycle.
(I say typical, because these cycles are based on how most people respond
during the research not all. There is variation everywhere!) Before Dr. Basson,
researchers believed that males and females respond to sexual stimuli likethis:
Excitement -> (Desire and Arousal) Plateau ->
Orgasm-> Resolution (Refractory period)
This model is totally what I learned in school and is based on the research of Masters and Johnson from
1966. There is one major problem with
this model: as with most medical research, it is based on a majority of male
participants’ responses to sexual stimuli. So females were left out of the
equation. And this very linear model has persisted for YEARS.
Here is what Dr. Basson has proposed as a more accurate
picture of a typical female sexual response cycle:
THIS is vastly different from the Masters and Johnson model.
Note all of the factors that go into female sexual desire and arousal! This
model takes into account the more complicated brain and physical processes
involved in female sexual arousal, the longer sexual response time for females
(15-30 minutes versus male response time of 3-5 minutes), and allows for
spontaneity and intimacy. It also takes
orgasm out of the equation as the deciding factor of sexual satisfaction, which
is more aligned with female response. Again, holy shit balls!
Isn’t that interesting? What do you think?
- Lauren, learning something new everyday
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