Paisley, Scotland, UK. A study found that sexologists could infer a woman's history of vaginal orgasm by the way she walks. The findings link muscle blocks and sexual function. Although it was a small study it highlights the potential for multiple therapies (e.g., expressive arts therapy incorporating movement and physical therapy focusing on the pelvic floor).

 

The study was conducted by Stuart Brody of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in collaboration with colleagues in the United States and Belgium, including lead author Aurelie Nicholas, Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut d'études de la famille et de la sexualité, Louvain-la-Neuve. [N1]

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A Woman's History of Vaginal Orgasm is Discernible from Her Walk. Aurelie Nicholas, Stuart Brody, Pascal de Sutter, François de Carufe. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 5(9) 2119-2124. doi: 10.1111 / j.1743-6109.2008.00942.x

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The findings appear in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH).

 

The study involved 16 female Belgian university students. Subjects completed a questionnaire on their sexual behavior and were then videotaped from a distance while walking in a public place. The videotapes were rated by two professors of sexology and two research assistants trained in the functional-sexological approach to sexology, who were not aware of the women's orgasmic history.

 

The results showed that the appropriately trained sexologists were able to correctly infer vaginal orgasm through watching the way the women walked over 80 percent of the time. Further analysis revealed that the sum of stride length and vertebral rotation was greater for the vaginally orgasmic women. "This could reflect the free, unblocked energetic flow from the legs through the pelvis to the spine," the authors note.

 

There are several plausible explanations for the results shown by this study. One possibility is that a woman's anatomical features may predispose her to greater or lesser tendency to experience vaginal orgasm. According to Brody, "Blocked pelvic muscles, which might be associated with psychosexual impairments, could both impair vaginal orgasmic response and gait." In addition, vaginally orgasmic women may feel more confident about their sexuality, which might be reflected in their gait.

 

"Such confidence might also be related to the relationship(s) that a woman has had, given the finding that specifically penile-vaginal orgasm is associated with indices of better relationship quality," the authors state. Research has linked vaginal orgasm to better mental health.

 

The study provides some support for assumptions of a link between muscle blocks and sexual function, according to the authors. They conclude that it may lend credibility to the idea of incorporating training in movement, breathing and muscle patterns into the treatment of sexual dysfunction.

 

"Women with orgasmic dysfunction should be treated in a multi-disciplinary manner" says Irwin Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine." Although small, this study highlights the potential for multiple therapies such as expressive arts therapy incorporating movement and physical therapy focusing on the pelvic floor."

 

[N1] Stuart Brody, Ph.D., is a professor in the Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS).

Irwin Goldstein, MD is Director of Sexual Medicine, Alvarado Hospital (San Diego) and Clinical Professor of Surgery at University of California San Diego (UCSD).

 

A Woman's History of Vaginal Orgasm is Discernible from Her Walk. Aurelie Nicholas, Stuart Brody, Pascal de Sutter, François de Carufe. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 5(9) 2119-2124. doi: 10.1111 / j.1743-6109.2008.00942.x

Abstract

Introduction. Research has demonstrated the association between vaginal orgasm and better mental health. Some theories of psychotherapy assert a link between muscle blocks and disturbances of both character and sexual function. In Functional–Sexological therapy, one focus of treatment is amelioration of voluntary movement. The present study examines the association of general everyday body movement with history of vaginal orgasm.

Aim. The objective was to determine if appropriately trained sexologists could infer women's history of vaginal orgasm from observing only their gait.

Methods. Women with known histories of either vaginal orgasm or vaginal anorgasmia were videotaped walking on the street, and their orgasmic status was judged by sexologists blind to their history.

Main Outcome Measure. The concordance between having had orgasms triggered by penile–vaginal intercourse (not orgasm from direct clitoral stimulation) and raters' inferences of vaginal orgasm history based on observation of the woman's walk was the main outcome measure.

Results. In the sample of healthy young Belgian women (half of whom were vaginally orgasmic), history of vaginal orgasm (triggered solely by penile–vaginal intercourse) was diagnosable at far better than chance level (81.25% correct, Fisher's Exact Test P < 0.05) by appropriately trained sexologists. Clitoral orgasm history was unrelated to both ratings and to vaginal orgasm history. Exploratory analyses suggest that greater pelvic and vertebral rotation and stride length might be characteristic of the gait of women who have experienced vaginal orgasm (r = 0.51, P < 0.05).

Conclusions. The discerning observer may infer women's experience of vaginal orgasm from a gait that comprises fluidity, energy, sensuality, freedom, and absence of both flaccid and locked muscles. Results are discussed with regard to previous research on gait, the effect of the musculature on sexual function, the special nature of vaginal orgasm, and implications for sexual therapy.

 

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