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Understanding pleasure & patterns
Clear, evidence-informed writing on sexual wellbeing — what the research says, how self-tracking helps you understand your own body, and how to keep intimate data private. No hype, no judgement.
Getting started
Where to begin. What tracking can and cannot tell you, and how to talk about what you find — without turning pleasure into a performance metric.
- Should you track your sexual wellbeing? Start here What sexual self-tracking can reveal — from arousal patterns to better communication — and how to start without over-analysing pleasure.
- How to talk to your partner about pleasure Practical, non-judgemental ways to open a conversation about what feels good — and how shared data can make it easier.
The science
What the published research actually shows about orgasm, what changes it, and where the evidence runs out. Each article names its sources.
- The orgasm gap, explained What the research says about the difference in how often people reach orgasm across genders and contexts — and what helps close it.
- What affects orgasm intensity? Sleep, stress, mood, method and timing all shape orgasm intensity. Here is what the evidence suggests — and how to spot your own patterns.
- Solo vs partnered orgasms: what differs How solo and partnered experiences tend to differ across intensity, reliability and context — and why tracking both is revealing.
- Medication and orgasm: what changes Antidepressants, hormonal contraception and blood-pressure drugs can all change orgasm. What the research shows, and how to tell what is happening.
- SSRI sexual side effects: why orgasm changes SSRIs and SNRIs affect orgasm more than any other antidepressant class. Which drugs are worst, why orgasm suffers more than desire, and how to tell what is happening.
- Bupropion and orgasm: the antidepressant that usually leaves it alone Bupropion rarely causes sexual side effects, and is often used when an SSRI causes orgasm problems. What the trials show — and where the evidence is weaker than its reputation.
- Menopause and orgasm: what changes Perimenopause and menopause change comfort and arousal more reliably than orgasm itself. What the evidence supports, what it does not, and how to tell what is happening for you.
- Testosterone and orgasm: what it changes, in men and women Testosterone acts on desire and arousal far more reliably than on orgasm. What the trials show in men and women, who actually benefits, and where the evidence is thinner than the marketing.
Privacy
How intimate data is collected, shared and monetised elsewhere — and the questions worth asking before you trust any app with your sex life.
How these articles are written
Every article here is built from published research rather than opinion. Where a claim rests on a study, the study is named in the article with its journal and a link to the paper itself, so you can read the original rather than take our word for it. Where the evidence is thin, mixed or contested, the article says so — the most useful sentence in a health article is often "the trials disagree here, and this is how".
Nothing here is diagnosis or treatment, and no article is a substitute for talking to a clinician who knows your history. Where a figure comes from Orgasmly's own opt-in data rather than from published research, that is stated plainly and the sample floor is given alongside it.
Articles carry the date they were published and are updated in place as the evidence changes. If something is wrong, out of date or overstated, tell us at hello@orgasmly.org and we will correct it. The full editorial policy is on the about page.
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