Naughty Science day marches onward!  Here’s the Diggz condensed version:

1) The G spot is real

In 2008, an Italian research team found anatomical differences between women who could have G-spot orgasms and women who couldn’t

2) The brain switches off

A brain scanning study showed that many areas of women’s brains were deactivated during orgasm, including those involved in emotion.

3) Many women can’t have orgasms

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is so common that the very idea that it is a medical disorder has come under attack. If nearly half the female population has a problem, say critics, does that mean it is our society that is dysfunctional?

4) Genes affect orgasm frequency

According to the first genetic study of the female orgasm, up to 45 per cent of the variation in women’s ability to have them could be down to genes.

5) Technology can help

Perhaps the most extreme solution is the so-called “orgasmatron“; an implant inserted into the spinal cord, which stimulates the user when switched on via a remote control.   Less drastic ones are available as well.

6) Some mystery remains

It is unclear why women should have orgasms at all, and it is particularly baffling that so many women should be unable to have orgasms during penetrative sex, but able to have them by masturbation.

Six things science has revealed about the female orgasm – life – 28 May 2009 – New Scientist.