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The Location Of Your Clit Might Determine How Easily You Orgasm

It’s science, you guys. - by Lucy Bode
  • 30 Sep 2019
The Location Of Your Clit Might Determine How Easily You Orgasm
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For some women (let’s call them the lucky few,) reaching the Big O comes easily. But for most, it’s a mission that requires careful planning, acute concentration and two litres of lubrication. What gives?

Some researchers reckon it’s less to do with how turned on we are and more to do with the location of our clitoris - specifically, how far it is from the vagina and urethral opening. This theory isn’t anything new, btw. In fact, it dates back to the 1920’s when Princess Marie Bonaparte (aka, Napoleon’s psychoanalyst great-grandniece) started investigating her own anatomy and comparing it to her patients in the hopes it would finally help her climax.  She found that those with a distance less than 2.5 centimetres (around the same length from the tip of the thumb to the first knuckle) between their clit and vagina, orgasmed often during P-in-V sex. She called this revelation the ‘rule of thumb.’

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Then, in 1940 a group of researchers conducted a study that suggested that it was actually a shorter distance between the vagina (C-V) and urethral opening (CUMD) that mattered most. “On the physical side, orgasm capacity is related to clitoris-meatus distance,” they said of the findings.

In 2011, Kim Wallen and Elisabeth Lloyd reignited this debate by looking at the research with modern statistical techniques. They established that both sets of data “demonstrate a strong inverse relationship between CUMD and orgasm during intercourse.” Why? Because the clitoris naturally gets more stimulation during sex when its closer to the urethral opening.

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The great news is there’s an easy way to replicate a shorter CUMD. Simply rub your clit with your fingers OR invest in a vibrator to do the job for you. Simples.  

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Lucy Bode
Lucy Bode
Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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