Why do your muscles contract and pulse during an orgasm (specifically women)?

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During orgasm, the muscles in the genital area contract and pulse, I know it’s pelvic floor muscles.. What I don’t understand is WHY they do that during orgasm. I believe it’s a release of tension or what have you… But why do other muscles of the body not contract, pulse, and feel pleasurable to that extent when they experience relief of tension?

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1. Think about any body function.
2. Conceptualize how it might aid in evolution.
3. Chances are you got it right.

Ok, in this case, what helps from an evolutionary perspective?

Dick in vagina doesn’t cut it. You also need ejaculation, you need the sperm to get past the cervix, and maybe then you get some magic.

So, here are some things that dudes have that help this out:

1. Penis head is shaped like a reverse plunger. Why? everytime you go in and out, it creates negative pressure in the canal and cerrvix (nice.)
2. Dude gets hard and guess where you want to be when ejaculating? You guessed it. Balls deep.

So what do women have that helps this situation?

1. Pelvic floor muscles to squeeze the penis? Yep. Why? Cuz more sperm is better.
2. Tight spaces make harder ejaculation? Yep, so sperm get further up the canal and nearer the cervix on and immediately after ejaculation.

Ok, you see whats happening here? Everything that ‘feels good’ is part of the system that sets the precondition, then during and immediately after orgasm helping the delivery get as close as possible to the place it needs to be.

Bodies are cool things, but they are way cooler if you think about them from an evolutionary perspective.

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