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Is Your First Orgasm The Best One You'll Ever Have? An Investigation

View in Browser "Why didn't they teach us this in class?"  For women and people with uteruses, sexual pleasure never took precedent during sex education at school—but what if it did in 2023? Your sex-ed curriculum probably didn't address the things that you most desperately needed to know about your sexual life. We're here to fill in the gaps. READ MORE   Is Your First Orgasm The Best One You'll Ever Have? An Investigation By Elizabeth Gulino The lore of the eye-opening, mind-boggling first orgasm has been discussed and dissected for as long as we've been recorded having them—and the media can't get enough of it. But are our first orgasms really supposed to be that perfect and life-changing? And should we spend the rest of our lives chasing that high, comparing each and every climax to the one that came first? READ   Turned On By Body Scent? You're Not Alone (& We Aren't Talking About Perfume) By Alicia Lansom Scent and romance have always been intrinsically connected but while artificial fragrances are beloved by many, some people like things more au naturel. READ   Group Sex Changed My Life For The Better By Ruby Rare For me, group sex isn't about the novelty; it's a place to learn more about myself and the people I love. READ   I Can't Orgasm, Am I Broken? By Sriha Srinivasan Pleasure unites us all—via orgasm, or whatever pleasure might look like for you. It is your right to experience pleasure in whatever consensual capacity you choose. READ   The Care & Keeping Of You Got Us Through Puberty. 25 Years Later, We Need It More Than Ever By Elizabeth Gulino Last month, The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, turned 25. The American Girl book has sold over six million copies since it first published in 1998, and its relevance has stayed well within the cultural zeitgeist and only grown over the years. And for the past quarter of a century, it has often taken the place of (or at least heavily supplemented) young people's—particularly people with vulvas—early sex education in the U.S., which is often rudimentary at best. READ   Asexuality Is So Much More Than "Not Having Sex" By Julie Kliegman Asexuality is an umbrella of orientations centered on experiencing little or no sexual attraction toward others. Ahead, how people find joy and pleasure in the ace community.  READ   Why Women Love Making Fictional Men Have Sex By Sadhbh O'Sullivan The idea that a majority women audience would fantasize about Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee gazing at each other or Tom Wambsgans and Greg Hirsch furiously making out confuses people. Why are so many reading slashfic? READ   Two Women On How Vaginismus Doesn't Stop Them From Feeling Pleasure By Elizabeth Gulino One of the reasons experiencing vaginismus can be so isolating is that the world around us is highly heteronormative, meaning that pleasure is often associated with penetrative, penis-in-vagina sex—and if someone can't have that, they're seen as someone who can't experience the pleasure of sex. READ ADVERTISEMENT   Loving R29 in your inbox? Check out more of our curated newsletters BROWSE NEWSLETTERS Join the Refinery29 Community VISIT REFINERY29.COM MADE WITH ♥ IN NYC © 2023 REFINERY29.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 49 SOUTH 2ND, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 SUPPORT@REFINERY29.COM SENT TO: PZUPDATESWW@GMAIL.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2023 Unsubscribe ⋅ Privacy Policy