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This isn’t surprising given that the female orgasm has long been shrouded in mystery, and misunderstanding. It wasn’t until the late 1960’s and early 1970’s – with researchers like Virginia Johnson and William Masters leading the way – that the complexity of the female orgasm was given any kind of adequate airtime.

While we’ve definitely made strides when it comes to being open about female pleasure, here are a few orgasm facts that you may not be aware of.

There’s still an orgasm gap.

Durex polled Canadians as part of their Global Sex Survey and found that 76% of Canadian women don’t have regular orgasms during sex. This is in sharp contrast to the majority of Canadian men who reported having orgasms on a regular basis during intercourse. What’s even more disheartening is that 54% of women don’t expect to achieve orgasm when they engage in sexual activity.

The majority of women don’t orgasm from penetrative sex alone.

Laurie Mintz, author of the book Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters — And How to Get It, told NBC News the orgasm gap is attributed to what she calls, “our cultural ignorance of the clitoris.”

Most people with vaginas need more than just penetration to have an orgasm. “In movies and in television, it shows women orgasming from penetration alone, when really, only 15-30% of woman can climax in that way. Most of us need clitoral stimulation, or it’s not going to happen,” explained Emily Morse, a sexologist and host of the Sex With Emily podcast, when I spoke to her about the orgasm gap last year.