IN THE Woody Allen comedy Sleeper, a machine called an orgasmatron delivers an orgasm at the push of a button – without the hassle of sex. Now life is imitating art as scientists in the US have patented an implant that achieves the same effect for women whose lives have been blighted by an inability to achieve orgasms naturally.
Orgasmic dysfunction is not uncommon among women, says Julia Cole, a psychosexual therapist and consultant with Relate, the relationship counselling service. And a number of issues can cause it, says Jim Pfaus, who studies the neurobiology of sexual behaviour at Concordia University…
