Orgasmic dysfunction is when a woman either cannot reach orgasm, or has trouble reaching orgasm when she is sexually excited. When sex is not enjoyable, it can become a chore instead of a satisfying, intimate experience for both partners. Sexual desire may decline, and sex may occur less often. This can create resentment and conflict in the relationship.

By Marisa Dellatto. A new study has revealed exactly how long it takes the average straight woman to reach orgasm. The magic number? Women in the study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine last week, used a stopwatch to measure the time it took them to climax — perhaps not the ultimate turn-on, but for the sake of science, it revealed an important truth about the hard-fought path to female sexual pleasure. For eight weeks, a group of women from 20 countries set their sexy-time stopwatches each time they got it on.

Not to get too TMI here, but sometimes the smallest, most unexpected things can bring me to orgasm. For example, during a recent sexual encounter I had my eyes closed for a while because I was concentrating on the pleasure down south, but when I finally opened them and locked eyes with my partner, I instantaneously orgasmed. Something about that intense, sudden, direct eye contact in the heat of the moment just pushed me over the edge. Now, if having an orgasm in response to the way someone looks at you sounds strange, get this: A study published in the International Journal of Sexual Health studied self-reported cases of nonsexual orgasms, with triggers including exercise, breastfeeding, riding in vehicles, listening to certain kinds of music, getting tattooed, childbirth, defecating, and more. Yes, really.