What We Do
Identify Proven Pathways
Gathering the research on how women learn to orgasm.
Orgasm Library →Pioneer New Science
Naming orgasmic learning as a therapeutic target.
Our Research →Orgasmology
Advancing the science of orgasm and orgasmic learning.
Orgasmology →Educate Professionals*
Connecting clinicians with orgasmic learning training.
Education & Training →Share the Science
A weekly podcast and blog for women and clinicians.*
The Orgasm Hour →Turn Research into Policy
Connecticut and Illinois now recognize FOD for medical cannabis.
Policy →*Training programs and blog content are provided by the Female Orgasm Training Institute, a separate for-profit company. The Female Orgasm Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Did you know?
Orgasm is a learnable capacity
More than 50 years of research point to six pathways that help women learn to orgasm. We call this orgasmic learning.
Why we exist
“For more than 30 years, I struggled with orgasm difficulty. Trying different treatments and seeing multiple therapists, including sex therapists, didn’t resolve it. As someone who had always been against cannabis, I reluctantly tried it as a last resort. To my surprise, for the first time, I could experience orgasm reliably and pleasurably. It changed my life so profoundly that in 2020 I sold my international company and went back to school for my PhD to identify proven pathways to orgasm.”
Dr. Suzanne Mulvehill, Founder & President
Meet our team and board →Weekly podcast
The Orgasm Hour
The latest science on female orgasm, explained, with live Q&A.
All episodes →Your Gift Helps Women Suffering with Orgasm Difficulty
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