Turns out, your body has a much broader definition of “stimulation” than you might think #TEDTalks

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0:00Orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic

0:02nervous system. Now, this is the part of

0:04the nervous system that deals with the

0:05things that we don't consciously control

0:08like digestion, heart rate, and sexual

0:10arousal. And the orgasm reflex can be

0:13triggered by a surprisingly broad range

0:16of input. Genital stimulation, duh. Uh

0:20but also, uh Kinsey interviewed a woman

0:22who could be brought to orgasm by having

0:25someone stroke her eyebrow.

0:27Uh people with spinal cord injuries like

0:29paraplegias, quadriplegias will often

0:32develop a very very sensitive area um

0:35right above the level of their injury

0:37wherever that is. Uh there's such a

0:40thing as a knee orgasm in the

0:41literature. The most curious one that I

0:43came across was a it was a case report

0:45of a woman who had an orgasm every time

0:49she brushed her teeth. Now you would

0:50think this woman would like have

0:52excellent oral hygiene.

0:56Um, sadly she, this is what it said in

1:00the journal paper. She believed that she

1:02was possessed by demons and switched to

1:04mouthwash for her oral care. It's so

1:06sad. When I was working on the book, I

1:08interviewed a woman who can think

1:10herself to orgasm. I said to her, "Are

1:13you just doing this all the time?"

1:17She said,

1:19"No, honestly, when I get home, I'm

1:20usually too tired.

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