So you ve never had an orgasm，or you don t think you

Have.Or perhaps you only have had orgasms occasionally,or solely through self-stimulation and not with a patner.Or，perhaps you just wish you knew more about female sexuality and orgasm．

Do you sometimes feel that you would be happier

if sex were eliminated from your intimate relation．

ships．Altogether?If so，possibly you feel abnormal in this

regard,or like a misfit or not whole as a woman．Or per．,

haps you just feel that you are missing something every-

．one else has enjoyed,a part of life that you d like to have

be a part of yours too．You probably feel as if you are one

of only a few women who have this problem．The truth

is that you are far from alone．

In the course of my work as a psychologist and sex

therapist with the University of California Medical Center m San Francisco，I have become acutely aware of the

extent of the problem many women have in understanding their sexual natures，and in reaching orgasm．