Are there different types of female orgasm?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 865-875

  King, Robert ^a   Belsky, Jay ^a   Mah, Kenneth ^b   Binik, Yitzchak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Female orgasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COITUS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SENSATION; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; COITUS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTURBATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054697022     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9639-7     Document Type: Article

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