PUBLISHED: 16:58 GMT, 7 October 2014 | UPDATED: 08:32 GMT, 8 October 2014
[size=1.2em]For years, women have often declared they can either orgasm through sex or foreplay.
[size=1.2em]But new research suggests we may all have been wrong.
[size=1.2em]For there is no such thing as a vaginal orgasm, a clitoral orgasm or even a G-spot, new research claims.
[size=1.2em]Instead, the umbrella term 'female orgasm' should be used, the study authors argue.
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Most women worldwide do not orgasm during penetrative sex as the vaginal orgasm doesn't exist, a review found. Researchers say women have been labelled with sexual problems based on this 'myth'
[size=1.2em]They maintain that like 'male orgasm', 'female orgasm' is the correct term.
[size=1.2em]Historically, it was believed that women could orgasm through penetrative sex, and that G-spot, vaginal or clitoral orgasms were all different types of orgasm.
[size=1.2em]But writing in the journal Clinical Anatomy, the authors say the majority of women worldwide do not have orgasms during penetrative sex.
[size=1.2em]As a result, women have been labelled with sexual problems that are based on something that doesn’t exist: the vaginal orgasm.
[size=1.2em]The clitoris is the key to all female orgasms, the review found.
[size=1.2em]The clitoris, is the human female’s most erogenous zone, often called the ‘female penis’ because it is made from the same material as the male penis.
[size=1.2em]It is possible for all women to orgasm if the female erectile organs are effectively stimulated, the researchers added.
[size=1.2em]The female erectile organs include the clitoris, the vestibular bulbs – also known as the clitoral bulbs – which are found on either side of the opening of the vagina and the pars intermedia, a thin band that joins the two vestibular bulbs.
The size and distance of the clitoris from the vagina is paramount as to whether a woman can achieve orgasm, according to U.S. researchers who scanned the pelvic areas of 30 women as part of another study
[size=1.2em]Other erectile organs include the labia minora – known as the inner lips of the vagina - and the corpus spongiosum of the female urethra – the mass of spongy tissue surrounding the urethra, the tube that connects the bladder to an external opening just above the opening of the vagina.
[size=1.2em]The review's co author, Dr Vincenzo Puppo, who calls himself a sexologist, said: 'Male ejaculation does not automatically mean the end of sex for women.
[size=1.2em]'Touching and kissing can be continued almost indefinitely, and noncoital sexual acts after male ejaculation can be used to produce orgasm in women.'
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All women can orgasm if female erectile tissue including the clitoris is stimulated, experts said
[size=1.2em]The review, published in the journal Clinical Anatomy, comes after a U.S. study published earlier this year found that the size of a woman’s clitoris can impact their ability to have an orgasm.
[size=1.2em]In women who have orgasm problems, the clitoris is smaller and located farther from the vagina, the study found.
[size=1.2em]The researchers said their findings could lead to new treatments for women suffering from anorgasmia, who are unable to have orgasms.
[size=1.2em]Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the pelvic area of 30 women who were on average 32 years old.
[size=1.2em]Ten of the women had reported rarely or never achieving orgasms despite trying, while the rest had a normal experience during sex.
[size=1.2em]The women who had problems achieving orgasm tended to have smaller clitoris' located further away from the vagina.
[size=1.2em]Researchers said that although orgasm is complex, the size and location of the clitoris may be paramount.
[size=1.2em]The clitoral complex, which has a shape of a boomerang, extends under the skin and includes parts that are known as the body, crura, bulb and root.
[size=1.2em]It is possible that a smaller distance between these structures and the vagina makes it easier for the clitoris to be stimulated during intercourse.
[size=1.2em]The study was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in February this year.