What does an orgasm feel like?
When a male or female becomes very aroused by masturbation, heavy petting, oral-genital stimulation (oral sex), touching or sexual intercourse, the pulse rate and breathing speed up and tension builds in the muscles throughout the body. With orgasm, there is an explosive feeling of release from this tension. An orgasm can be mild or intense. The sensation is most intense in the genitals, although the whole body is involved. When a woman has an orgasm she experiences a throbbing in her genital area. Her vagina becomes more lubricated with natural fluids. When a man has an orgasm he experiences an ejaculation in which semen spurts out of the end of his penis. After an orgasm, a man will lose his erection and his penis goes back to its normal, soft state.
