Episode 77: Orgasm
Released May 9, 2023
Fireworks, a gushing waterfall, little death. The orgasm. In episode 77 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss how phenomenology and psychoanalysis interpret the experience of orgasm. They talk about evolutionary theories of the orgasm, including the theory that the body can suck up...“higher quality sperm.” They tackle what the orgasm gap says about the state of gender and sex in our society.
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
George Bataille, Erotism
Sigmund Freud, “Instincts and Their Vicissitudes”
Sigmund Freud, “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality”
Sara Heinämaa, “The Phenomenology of Desire and Orgasm”
Jacques Lacan, Jouissance
Elisabeth Lloyd, The Case of the Female Orgasm Bias in the Science of Evolution
Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are
Thomas Percy, “Walking in a Meadow Green”
