>>16719467 (OP)It's a myth that the female orgasm is much longer and/or more intense and it probably stems from the envy over how easy it is for men to reach orgasm during sex. The actual orgasm, for both men and women, is very similar. This is the case both for the timing and duration of pelvic muscle contractions during orgasm as well as the body sense - the felt experience - of orgasm.
Two studies done at the University of Minnesota Medical School and published in the early 1980's measured the intensity, frequency, and durations of pelvic muscle contractions (measured with a pressure sensitive anal probe) of males and females during masturbation. There was basically no difference in the pattern of these contractions between males and females. Orgasm begins as a series of 6 to 15 regular contractions of high intensity occurring over about 20 to 30 seconds. There are individual differences (but no gender differences) in what occurs after this series of regular contractions. For some men and women, these regular contractions are the primary orgasmic experience. These Type I orgasms are the most frequent. Other men and women, however, may continue to experience irregular contractions for another 30-90 seconds, so called Type II orgasms. A more recent study, from Stanford in 1994, replicated both the Minnesota and London studies. Other research, done in 1977 at Reed College in Oregon found no differences in the types of words used by male and female college students to describe their experiences of orgasm.