In their book "Nymphomania", Albert Ellis and Edward Sagarin represent the failure in a woman - through physiological rather than psychological reasons - to achieve orgasm as the "most frequent physiological cause of nymphomania" (p. 95). This is a highly contentious subject. Not much work has been done on it, and it is extremely difficult to say what is a physiological, and what a psychological, block to experience of orgasm.

Valeria Messalina of ancient Rome almost certainly wins this one; indeed her name (the "Messalina complex") has been used as a synonym for nymphomania. With her insatiable sexual appetites she acted as prostitute and seducer.

According to Ellis and Sargarin, one outstanding reason why a woman becomes a nymphomaniac in our society is through "an overwhelming need to be loved, a hunger that generally seems to be greater in women, than in men." Thus - in her efforts to seek out affection, security, and acceptance - she comes to have many sexual experiences that she might otherwise not welcome. There is a clear sense in which this is a patriarchal interpretation of female sexuality.

This frightening condition was first induced in cattle by the careful administering of chemicals. Pellet implantation resulted in continuous oestrogen administration with resulting changes in the sexual enthusiasm and receptivity of cattle.

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The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records is a compilation of well over 400 sexual superlatives from all around the world.

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The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records is a compilation of well over 400 sexual superlatives from all around the world.

Discover the biggest, longest, sexiest, tallest, smallest, shortest, highest, lowest, fastest, slowest, rarest, oldest, youngest, happiest, first, last, maximum, minimum, largest, oddest... and most unusual sex record known.

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