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July 28th, 2008 by Femina

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A national survey into the bedroom behaviour of British women has revealed that a shocking 46% percent never or rarely achieve orgasm. The survey, conducted by Scarlet magazine and the makers of the PelvicToner to mark National Orgasm Day on July 31, polled over 2000 women across the country and found that women with better pelvic floor muscles were also enjoying better sex lives.

It has been known for nearly 60 years that a strong pelvic floor muscle is essential to achieve vaginal orgasm. When the muscles are stronger there is more friction and stimulation during intercourse and this naturally benefits both partners.

Arnold Kegel, who developed his exercise programme for the treatment of stress incontinence, published a 3000 patient study in 1952 that highlighted this link and demonstrated that ’sexually dysfunctional’ women taught a resistive exercise programme could achieve orgasm for the first time. Kegel was adamant that to be effective pelvic floor exercise had to involve squeezing against a resistance. Unfortunately this has never been explained to women and an effective exercise technique is rarely taught.

The PelvicToner(TM) is a progressive resistance vaginal exerciser designed to help women meet the fundamentals of Kegel exercise ie to identify and isolate the vaginal (pubococcygeal) muscle and then to exercise it properly against a variable resistance with the appropriate bio-feedback

Demonstrating and publicising the link between a healthy and strong pelvic floor and better sex will improve the general health and sexual wellbeing of millions of women, improve and restore millions of relationships, and will reduce the incidence of stress incontinence which afflicts half of all women.

Survey Results:

  • Nearly half of all women are not getting their share of orgasms!
  • The G-spot is not a myth. Women who cannot identify their G-spot rarely have orgasms
  • 75% of older women claim they have a G-spot, but a third of under 25s can’t find it.
  • Women with a ‘good’ pelvic floor have twice as many orgasms
  • Women who followed PelvicToner exercise programme reported a much improved sex life within 4 weeks

Survey results

  • Over 2000 sexually active women have already completed the 2008 Orgasm Survey
  • 72% say they are aware of their G-spot but its location varies significantly!
  • 50% place it just inside their vagina and 35% deep inside. The remaining 15% locate it elsewhere!
  • 46% never/rarely achieve vaginal orgasm during penetrative sex
  • Only 31% claim to do so often or always
  • 69% are aware that the strength of their pelvic floor muscle is implicated in the ability to achieve orgasm
  • 70% of women claim to exercise sometimes or often but 92% would like to be shown how to exercise properly.
  • Those women who rate their pelvic floor as good or very good, or who exercise regularly, are twice as likely to achieve vaginal orgasms as those that rate their pelvic floor as poor or very poor. (42% v 22%)
  • Two thirds of women who rate their pelvic floor as poor or very poor never or rarely have vaginal orgasms.
  • 42% of women using the PelvicToner said they became more aware of their pelvic floor immediately, rising to 85% within 2 weeks
  • 62% of women using the PelvicToner reported an improved sex life within 2 weeks rising to 82% after 4 weeks
  • 62% of PelvicToner users said that their partner noticed the improvement in muscle tone/tightness

The PelvicToner resistance exerciser costs GBP29.99 from http://www.iwabo.co.uk or +44(0)117-968-7744

The survey is ongoing at http://www.orgasmsurvey.co.uk. The latest survey results and press releases can be downloaded from this site

The 2008 Orgasm Survey is sponsored by Scarlet Magazine (http://www.scarletmagazine.co.uk) and SPM Ltd, manufacturers of the PelvicToner(TM)

Source: SPM Ltd

May 26th, 2008 by Femina

Your friend has decided that you need help with your social life so she sets you up with a blind date….a friend of a friend of a friend.

You, foolishly, accept. Now there you are. It’s less than one hour since you were introduced. You are sitting in a Thai restaurant and you hate Thai food.

The entrée has not yet been served. His idea of enlightened conversation is who will be in the final four…you aren’t into sports. He knows the weekly TV schedule verbatim….you haven’t sat through a movie in months because you run marathons and volunteer at the local food bank.

He says, “Volunteering is a waste of time because you can’t help ‘those people’ anyway.” You look at your watch; see that it’s only been 10 minutes since you last looked at it the last time and wonder how long it is before you can gracefully remove yourself from the situation. Been there?

Blind Date vs Internet Date

Now imagine a date with someone you met through internet dating and have been chatting online with and exchanging emails with for quite some time. First, you don’t need to be introduced. You already know this man. You are sitting in an Italian restaurant enjoying a delightful meal because you both know that the other’s favorite is Italian. The conversation flows easily as you discuss common interests. He runs marathons and loves history just like you do. You happily discuss the volunteer work that each of you is involved in. You look at your watch and discover that it is late…very late…where Has the time gone.

There is a big difference between a well-intentioned friend “setting you up” and choosing a man for yourself who shares your interests and tastes, isn’t there? Now which one would you rather have?