Salon.com > Sexual touch http://www.salon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 00:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 It’s not an orgasm problem http://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/its_not_an_orgasm_problem/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/16/its_not_an_orgasm_problem/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13040897 Those of us who study sex focus on specific types of sex. We ask about oral sex, vaginal sex, and increasingly we ask about anal sex. But in our scientific work – and similar to many Americans in their own sex lives – we often miss out on the rich details of sexual experience: that is, the hugs, kisses, cuddles that make sex more than just in-out-repeat. Not this new study, however, which focuses entirely on the value of sexual touching to arousal and orgasm.

Think back to the most recent time you had sex. How much did you kiss each other on the mouth, forehead or hand? Hug or spoon with your partner? Run your hands up and down one another’s back or chest? Kiss the length of your partner’s arms or legs? Did you lay your head on your partner’s chest? Did your partner run his or her fingers through your hair?

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