“They view themselves through an imaginary camera lens, focusing on how they look in one position or another, as if they were porn stars. And their sexual pleasure suffers.”
Georgia Platts in Ms. Magazine blog on May 10th, 2011. (h/t octagon-surgeon)
“The PFC [prefrontal cortex] is situated at the front of the brain and is involved in aspects of consciousness, such as self-evaluation and considering something from another person’s perspective. [A Rutgers University research] team recently found heightened activation in the PFC during female climax - something not seen in previous studies of the orgasm.”
“With a click and a whirr, I am pulled into the scanner. My head is strapped down and I have been draped with a blanket so that I may touch my nether regions - my clitoris in particular - with a certain degree of modesty. I am here neither for a medical procedure nor an adult movie. Rather, I am about to stimulate myself to orgasm while an fMRI scanner tracks the blood flow in my brain.”
Kayt Sukel in New Scientist on May 11th, 2011.
2011.5.31.Tue.1237 | Tags: science
