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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A common misconception is that semen ‘swims’ to the egg to fertilize it.
Sperm can move, but they do so quite poorly. Sperm is pretty much always transported to the egg by the pelvic muscles, which is why an orgasm feels good at does rhytmetical contractions to push semen to the egg.

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