Good Sex Doesn’t Always Mean an Orgasm
According to science, an orgasm may have very little to do with sexual pleasure
When the sex toy company Dame Products develops new items, they ask beta testers a variety of questions to determine how well a new design is working for their clientele. Testers are asked to assess the contours of the toy’s body, the strength and rhythms of its vibration, and, for an overall assessment, they’re asked if the product they just tested “got the job done.” As opposed to: “Did you orgasm?”
The Dame team doesn’t rely on euphemism because they’re shy about pleasure and sex. Rather, the phrase “get the job done” is more open-ended; it allows testers to determine for themselves how a product contributed to the success of their sexual experience. And notably, when testers are asked to define what “getting the job done” means for them, the answers are more diverse than you might expect.
Many respondents define “getting the job done” as experiencing orgasm (or, in some cases, a particularly strong orgasm, or several orgasms in a row). But in a survey conducted by Dame during the development of the Pom — a flat, slightly curved vibrator designed to fit in the palm of the user’s hand — 14% of testers reported that they don’t see orgasm as a necessary criterion for a toy to be considered good…
