Posts Tagged ‘pleasure’

In a chocolate mood

July 14th, 2009
Yum..yum...

Yum..yum...

Chocolate is renowned for its feel-good factor. Most of us love chocolate for the smooth, creamy texture and treat it as an indulgence, but there’s some debate about whether chocolate really is the best food to improve your mood.

Chocolate has been popularly claimed to act like a stimulant, relaxant, euphoriant, tonic and anti-depressant. Although chocolate contains some active chemicals which work on the same neurological system as serotonin, these are present in low levels.

One researcher has commented that you would have to eat truckloads of chocolate to experience the equivalent effects of one anti-depressant tablet. There is also the theory that chocolate has the ability to evoke the pleasure principle. When we eat delicious foods, we experience a rise in endorphins and a temporary mood boost. So, when we have a chocolate craving, it could be a response to our body crying out for more of that feel-good food.

However, interesting new research shows that a person’s feeling about a food have the greatest effect on the emotional changes they experince after eating that food. Comfort-eaters, who look to chocolate to alleviate stress, boredom or depression, are likely to experience a temporary elevation in their mood, but this is quickly followed by intense feelings of guilt and a worsening of the earlier negative state.

Yet people who have a little choccy for pleasure are more likely to experience joy and ride the wave of the positive mood effect. Quantity appears to play a big role here. A little chocolate seems to be a good pick-me-up, but the whole block is less likely to leave you joyful.

Mark the G-spot for greater sex life!

June 8th, 2009

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Sexuality is an important part of a woman’s health. There’s absolutely nothing wrong or abnormal about women who like being stimulated by, or who reach orgasm by stimulation of the G-spot. Some women have actually experienced their first orgasm by stimulation of the G-spot. It’s actually good if reading this might help those women who enjoy this type of stimulation and the resulting orgasms with or without the ejaculating of fluid to feel good about themselves and enjoy what they are experiencing.

Many women have reported feeling abnormal because they liked this kind of stimulation or because they expelled a fluid with sexual stimulation. In fact, some women in the past learned to hold back the fluid and not have an orgasm to avoid the embarassment of being what they considered abnormal.

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Being aware of anxieties about orgasm and stimulation could well contribute enormously towards a better experience for both partners. To someone with a conservative attitude, or perhaps even a fear of sex or certain sexual practices – be it because of cultural or even religious reasons – this sound advice should be stimulus enough to shed those inhibitions and let loose in the bedroom.

The G-spot  does not lie on the vaginal wall itself, but can be felt through it. It is usually felt about half way back between the pubic bone and the cervix and feels like a small lump that swells as it is stimulated. The Grafenberg spot or G-spot is a female erogenous zone, which when stimulated can lead to high levels of sexual arousal and powerful orgasms. It is located about one to three inches inside the vagina, on the anterior wall. This area was named after Dr Ernst Grafenberg who wrote about it in 1950.

Female Genitalia

Female Genitalia

When it is first touched, many women feel the need to urinate even though their bladders may have just been emptied. However, within two to 10 seconds of massage, the initial reaction is replaced in some women by a strong and distinctive feeling of sexual pleasure.

 

The G-spot

The G-spot

 

Some women report multiple orgasms from this type of stimulation, possibly even accompanied by an expulsion of fluid. The fluid that is sometimes expelled looks like ‘watered down fat-free milk’ – it does not smell, taste or stain like urine and its chemical composition is different from urine.

Euphoria

Euphoria

 

 

Women have reported that they have difficulty finding and stimulating their G-spot by themselves (except with a dildo, a G-spot vibrator or similar device) but they have no problem identifying the erotic sensation when the area is stimulated by a partner.

Dildo...another gal's BFF

Dildo...another gal's BFF

 

 

The problem with trying to locate the Grafenberg spot by yourself is that you need very long fingers and /or a short vagina to reach the area while lying on your back. Having located your G-spots, women should experiment with them. They need to use a heavier pressure than they do on the clitoris and they may feel  the sensations deeper inside than when they do with clitoral stimulation.

After having explored your G-spot yourself, you might want to share the experience with your partner. It can be stimulated by the partner’s fingers (with a “come here” type of motion, a dildo or a penis. The position most likely to lead to a stimulation with a penis is with the woman sitting on top of the male.

More than just sex

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Having said that, there is more to a sexual encounter or experience than just achieving orgasm; which isn’t the be all and end all of good sexual intercourse. By this, people may either be goal or pleasure-directed. Males are usually the former while females are typically the latter.

People who are goal-directed will look only to achieving orgasm, instead of looking at all the other responses or experiences while getting there; such as touching, kissing, caressing and the like. Pleasure-oriented people will look at the pleasurable experiences and responses in the sexual act rather than just orgasm alone. Not everything has to be about orgasm alone. Kissing, holding and touching each other can also be good.

If both partners are of different orientations, it could be a problem that they must discuss with each other. Intimacy, bonding and respecting each other are important but women must also be knowledgeable about the ways and things that they find pleasurable.

Communication is very important to enhance the sexual experience. Pleasure and satisfaction are so much more important than orgasm. The focus should not only be on the goals but rather on the process of sexual gratification. Sexual intercourse is not the only way to feel sexually satisfied. People who feel comfortable seems to be happier, more self-assured and live longer.

Sexuality and life

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Sexuality is an important aspect of a woman’s health. Female sexuality encompasses a broad range of issues, behavior and processes including female sexual identity and sexual behavior, the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, political and even spiritual or religious aspects of sex.

All people are sexual beings from birth to death. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America says sexuality must be understood as an essential, lifelong aspect of being human and should be celebrated with respect, openness and mutuality.

Lotsa love,

Giselle H. Moynahan

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