With its 10,000 highly sensitive nerve endings, the main function of the clitoris is to give pleasure! Compare that to its male equivalent, the penis, which pales in comparison with a mere 4,000 nerve endings. Women achieve sexual pleasure primarily from the stimulation of the clitoris, a highly sensitive part of a woman’s anatomy composed of millions of nerve endings similar to that of the penis. When your clitoris is touched, caressed, rubbed or stroked (with varying degrees of pressure) you may become sexually aroused, the vagina becomes lubricated, expanding and lengthening with swelling of the vagina, labia and clitoris, and bringing more blood flow to this entire area. With this sexual arousal, there is an increased blood flow to the genitals and the tensing of muscles throughout the body, particularly in the genitals. An orgasm will cause the vaginal walls and muscles of the uterus will contract rhythmically.

Some orgasms are more spectacular and intense than others. Before and during an orgasm, your heart rate, pulse, blood pressure and breathing increases. The muscles everywhere in your body, especially in your pelvic area, can become tense and start to spasm.