History Main / Anorgasmia

Also not to be confused with people desperately trying to ''avoid'' having an orgasm.

In popular culture the person with anorgasmia is [[AlwaysFemale usually female]] and just as often heterosexual. Either she has trouble reaching a sexual climax by masturbating, or she has never had a partner who was able to sexually satisfy her. The woman might start faking orgasms, just to please her partner or out of fear of embarassing him.

Almost without exception [[HappyEnding she will eventually experience orgasm in the end]]. Either by discovering a way to succesfully masturbate herself or, more common, by finding the right partner or having her current partner learn how to do it properly. When the partner eventually reaches orgasm it is usually combined with the ImmodestOrgasm, as if [[DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo all her year long frustrations are finally yelled out in one extravagant finale]]. Can also be combined with BiggerIsBetterInBed.

* A comic strip by Jan Bucquoy features himself being unable to make a woman come. He tries doing all sorts of bizarre things, but eventually he makes her reach orgasm by playing a piece of music.

* ''Film/LiquidSky''. Near the end Johan explains to Margaret that [[spoiler: she survived because she never experienced an orgasm]].

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's "Gloriana" the titular queen is forever bemoaning the fact that she can't have orgasms, and because of the palace's peculiar acoustics the entire court can hear her. Of course, when she finally does the entire court gets to hear that as well.

* In Creator/NormanMailer's short story "The Time Of Her Time" Sergius tries to make Denise experience orgasm, because she never could do so before. Eventually he [[spoiler: sodomizes her and calls her "a dirty little Jew", which causes her to climax after all.]]

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* ''Series/NipTuck'': [=McNamara=] & Troy once had a female patient who was unable to experience orgasms as a result of genital mutilation. They performed a pro bono surgery that restored the woman's clitoris, but it took Liz's verbal help to make the patient orgasm succesfully.

Even though in RealLife men can encounter this problem too it doesn't occur that much in popular culture. When male anorgasmia does appear in stories, it's usually considered a desirable mark of exceptional stamina -- even though the inability to ejaculate can be very frustrating and even painful for men. The fact that some men can eyaculate without experiencing an orgasm is practically inexistent in popular culture.

Even though in RealLife men can encounter this problem too it doesn't occur that much in popular culture. When male anorgasmia does appear in stories, it's usually considered a desirable mark of exceptional stamina -- even though the inability to ejaculate can be very frustrating and even painful for men. The fact that some men can eyaculate without experience an orgasm is practically inexistent in popular culture.

* A male example that's played for drama in the hentai manga ''Secret Plot Deep''. WholesomeCrossdresser Yuya gets together with classmate Mari, who has just confessed that she's in love with him...but during the ensuing sex, while she has multiple orgasms over the course of an hour, Yuya doesn't even orgasm once, which frustrates Mari to the point of crying and blaming herself for not being an effective enough lover. Yuya has to assure her that the problem isn't with ''her,'' but with ''him;'' as it turns out, his inability to climax is because he had previously been raped by [[HotTeacher Mayumi]], which in turn compounded the complex he'd already been suffering due to his cross-dressing (which Yuya took up in the first place because of a rather ''warped'' home situation with his parents [[ParentalFavoritism loving his deceased twin sister more than him]] and mistaking him for her when he came out of the shower one day), and as a result of all that, he can't climax normally no matter how he wishes he could. [[spoiler:Yuya eventually confides that the only way he can climax is by being on the receiving end of anal penetration, which Mari happily provides]].

* A male example that's played for drama in the hentai manga ''Secret Plot Deep''. WholesomeCrossdresser Yuya gets together with classmate Mari, who has just confessed that she's in love with him...but during the ensuing sex, while she has multiple orgasms over the course of an hour, Yuya doesn't even orgasm once, which frustrates Mari to the point of crying. As it turns out, this is because Yuya had previously been raped by [[HotTeacher Mayumi]] (which in turn compounded the complex he'd already been suffering due to his cross-dressing, which he'd taken up because of a rather ''warped'' home situation with his parents [[ParentalFavoritism loving his deceased twin sister more than him]] and mistaking him for her when he came out of the shower one day), and as a result of all that, he can't climax normally no matter how he wishes he could. [[spoiler:Yuya eventually confides that the only way he can climax is by anal stimulation, to which Mari happily obliges]].

Even though in RealLife men can encounter this problem too it doesn't occur that much in popular culture. When male anorgasmia does appear in stories, it's usually considered a desirable mark of exceptional stamina -- even though the inability to ejaculate can be very frustrating and even painful for men. The fact that some men can eyaculate without an orgasm is practically inexistent in fiction.

Even though in RealLife men can encounter this problem too it doesn't occur that much in popular culture. When male anorgasmia does appear in stories, it's usually considered a desirable mark of exceptional stamina -- even though the inability to ejaculate can be very frustrating and even painful for men.

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Also not to be confused with people desperately trying to avoid having an orgasm.

* A male example that's played for drama in the hentai manga ''Secret Plot Deep''. WholesomeCrossdresser Yuya gets together with classmate Mari, who has just confessed that she's in love with him...but during the ensuing sex, while she has multiple orgasms over the course of an hour, Yuya doesn't even orgasm once, which frustrates Mari to the point of crying. As it turns out, this is because Yuya had previously been raped by [[HotTeacher Mayumi]] (which in turn compounded the complex he'd already been suffering due to his cross-dressing, which he'd taken up because of a rather ''warped'' home situation with his parents loving his deceased twin sister more than him and mistaking him for her when he came out of the shower one day), and as a result of all that, he can't climax normally no matter how he wishes he could. [[spoiler:Yuya eventually confides that the only way he can climax is by anal stimulation, to which Mari happily obliges]].

Anorgasmia is also TruthInTelevision. More women than their partners would dare to admit encounter anorgasmia in relationships at some time. Even though both partners might be tempted to blame the other, it can be attributed to other factors, such as stress, traumatic experiences, a ParalyzingFearOfSexuality, an IncompatibleOrientation, or certain medications (such as antidepressants, or even ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor birth control pills]]''). Also, contrary to what popular culture often preaches, it's not something that is always "solved" if you have reached it once. Even in happy and stable relationships, it's possible that occasionally a partner might be unable to have an orgasm. Only when it occurs so often that it puts a strain on the relationship can it become a problem.

Anorgasmia is also TruthInTelevision. More women than their partners would dare to admit encounter anorgasmia in relationships at some time. Even though both partners might be tempted to blame the other, it can be attributed to other factors, such as stress, traumatic experiences, a ParalyzingFearOfSexuality, an IncompatibleOrientation, or certain medications (such as antidepressants). Also, contrary to what popular culture often preaches, it's not something that is always "solved" if you have reached it once. Even in happy and stable relationships, it's possible that occasionally a partner might be unable to have an orgasm. Only when it occurs so often that it puts a strain on the relationship can it become a problem.

Anorgasmia is also TruthInTelevision. More women than their partners would dare to admit encounter anorgasmia in relationships at some time. Even though both partners might be tempted to blame the other, it can be attributed to other factors, such as stress, traumatic experiences, or certain medications. Also, contrary to what popular culture often preaches, it's not something that is always "solved" if you have reached it once. Even in happy and stable relationships, it's possible that occasionally a partner might be unable to have an orgasm. Only when it occurs so often that it puts a strain on the relationship can it become a problem.

* ''Creator/{{Gotlib}}s'' Perverse Pepere zigzags the trope: When going into a sperm bank to donate, the usual porn material has no effect on him whatsoever. But a mag with stock charts...[[StockPhrase Rhaaa-Lovely!]] (Of course, P.P. is a mega {{Troll}} and maybe was just acting.)

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has the episode "My Monster," in which J.D. finds out on a date with The Gift Shop Girl that his "peep was on the fritz." Another episode subverts this trope. It opens with Turk and Carla about to get it on, then the camera moves to the side...then back, to see them both laying in bed looking distraught, and Turk says, "That's never happened to me before." Later, as each is talking about what went wrong to their friends, it's revealed that Turk was fine, but Carla couldn't have an orgasm.

* The male variant is a common trope in YaoiGenre and to some extent BaraGenre and SlashFic, occasionally used as a substitute for virginity (in works where AManIsNotAVirgin is in full effect) or as a HandWave for why someone who's a ChickMagnet in canon/in reality is actually gay (where the man is depicted as having his first/his best orgasm with a male partner).

Even though in RealLife men can encounter this problem too it's doesn't occur that much in popular culture. When male anorgasmia does appear in stories, it's usually considered a desirable mark of exceptional stamina -- even though the inability to ejaculate can be very frustrating and even painful for men.

See TheOtherWiki for more information on the subject and consult a sexologist if you need advice.

See TheOtherWiki for more information on the subject and consult a sexuologist if you need advice.

** Amazonian sex goddess [=DiDi=] was, for the first several years of the strip, unable to reach orgasm during sex. This is largely because men are overwhelmed with her beauty and can only last a few seconds with her, but on at least one occasion another woman performed cunnilingus on her until the woman's jaw went numb, without solving the problem; in addition, she appears to fake satisfaction to avoid disappointing her boyfriends. Her desperate need for an orgasm led to increasingly {{jerk}}ish behavior. She ''did'' eventually shake this problem, but now she's gotten the impression that the orgasm meant she's in love, and she's in StalkerWithACrush mode.

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