History Main / Anorgasmia

* The main plotline of ''Nageki no Kenkō Yūryōji'', known in the US as ''F3: Frantic, Frustrated, and Female''. Hiroe Ogawa is suffering this trope, and the story is about the various (unsuccessful) attempts to resolve this.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Daemon Targaryen struggles to finish with Mysaria in the first episode, at least in part because he's upset that his brother will replace him with a new heir. He breaks off their sexual encounter and sullenly wraps a SecurityBlanket around himself as Mysaria assures him that no one can replace him.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' revolved around Elaine revealing that she had [[FakeOrgasm faked all of her orgasms]] when she was dating Jerry. Confounding Jerry even more was the discovery that he was the only man she had ever slept with who wasn't able to make her orgasm, while ''she'' was the only woman ''he'' had ever slept with who he was unable to make orgasm. At the end of the episode, Elaine decides to give him one more shot just to help him regain his pride. [[spoiler:He couldn't do it]].

In popular culture, the person with anorgasmia is [[AlwaysFemale usually female]] and just as often heterosexual. Either she has trouble reaching a sexual climax by masturbating, or she has never had a partner who was able to sexually satisfy her. The woman might start faking orgasms, just to please her partner or out of fear of embarrassing him.

* Subverted in John Irving's ''Literature/TheHotelNewHampshire'', where there is a RunningGag about "Screaming Annie", the hooker who fakes very loud orgasms. It would later come out they were in fact not fake.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' revolved around Elaine revealing that she had faked all of her orgasms when she was dating Jerry. Confounding Jerry even more was the discovery that he was the only man she had ever slept with who wasn't able to make her orgasm, while ''she'' was the only woman ''he'' had ever slept with who he was unable to make orgasm. At the end of the episode, Elaine decides to give him one more shot just to help him regain his pride. [[spoiler:He couldn't do it]].

** Amazonian sex goddess [=DiDi=] is, for the first several years of the strip, unable to reach orgasm during sex. This is largely because men are overwhelmed with her beauty and [[SpeedSex can only last a few seconds]] with her, but on one occasion Peggy performs cunnilingus on her until Peggy's jaw goes numb, without solving the problem; in addition, she appears to fake satisfaction to avoid disappointing her boyfriends. Her desperate need for an orgasm leads to [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly jerkish behavior]]. She ''does'' eventually shake this problem, but then [[SexEqualsLove gets the impression that the orgasm meant she's in love]] and enters StalkerWithACrush mode.

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* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's "Gloriana" the titular queen is forever bemoaning the fact that she can't have orgasms, and because of the palace's peculiar acoustics, the entire court can hear her. Of course, when she finally does the entire court gets to hear that as well.

Almost without exception [[HappyEnding she will eventually experience orgasm in the end]]. Either by discovering a way to successfully masturbate herself or, more common, by finding the right partner or having her current partner learn how to do it properly. When the partner eventually reaches orgasm it is usually combined with TheImmodestOrgasm, as if [[DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo all her year-long frustrations are finally yelled out in one extravagant finale]]. Can also be combined with BiggerIsBetterInBed.

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* The second half of "Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women" has a story in which Lenora Babbitt tells Dick Langley about the events that had led up to her arrest: She had cut off the penis of her drunken husband, Juan Wayne Babbitt, because he couldn't satisfy her sexually.

* A guy picks up a girl at a party and takes her to his apartment for fun times. Once said fun times are over, both are lying back in bed, when suddenly the girl starts talking.

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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' features an episode in which Turk and Carla are about to have sex, then the camera moves to the side... then back, to see them both laying in bed looking distraught, and Turk says, "That's never happened to me before," heavily implying that Turk was [[TheLoinsSleepTonight unable to perform]] or [[SpeedSex finished too quickly]]. Later, as each is talking about what went wrong to their respective friends, it's revealed that Turk was fine, but Carla couldn't have an orgasm. They work it out by talking about the anxiety she was feeling about them having become more serious and all the things that could wrong now that they were getting closer instead of just having fun together
* In ''Series/DesperateHousewives,'' it was revealed that wound-way-too-tight StepfordSmiler Bree had never experienced an orgasm in her entire life. When she finally does experience one, the sensation is so strange to her she immediately jumps out of bed and runs to the doctor, afraid she had just suffered a ''stroke.''
* In Season 2 third episode of ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', it's revealed Michaela during a Keating 5 scene about sex she never had an orgasm during her relationship with Aiden as she become often teased by the others (especially [[DeadpanSnarker Connor]]) about it throughout the season.

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** Amazonian sex goddess [=DiDi=] is, for the first several years of the strip, unable to reach orgasm during sex. This is largely because men are overwhelmed with her beauty and [[SpeedSex can only last a few seconds]] with her, but on at least one occasion another woman performs cunnilingus on her until the woman's jaw goes numb, without solving the problem; in addition, she appears to fake satisfaction to avoid disappointing her boyfriends. Her desperate need for an orgasm leads to [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly jerkish behavior]]. She ''does'' eventually shake this problem, but then gets the impression that the orgasm meant she's in love, and enters StalkerWithACrush mode.

* ''Film/KingOfStatenIsland''. The main character's girlfriend talks about this issue with him, asking if he thinks it's because of the antidepressants he's on.

See Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorgasmia more information on the subject]] and consult a sexologist if you need advice.

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** Amazonian sex goddess [=DiDi=] was, for the first several years of the strip, unable to reach orgasm during sex. This is largely because men are overwhelmed with her beauty and [[SpeedSex can only last a few seconds]] with her, but on at least one occasion another woman performed cunnilingus on her until the woman's jaw went numb, without solving the problem; in addition, she appears to fake satisfaction to avoid disappointing her boyfriends. Her desperate need for an orgasm led to [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly jerkish behavior]]. She ''did'' eventually shake this problem, but now she's gotten the impression that the orgasm meant she's in love, and she's in StalkerWithACrush mode.
** Sandra also admitted to problems reaching orgasms in an early strip, but this seems to be less of a problem for her; there are hints that she reaches climax sometimes when drunk, if only because it inspires her to have bizarrely kinky sex. The problem certainly hasn't been mentioned since she moved to [[Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks her own comic]].
* Stella and Claire in ''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}'' are unable to have an orgasm because of their SuperSoldier conditioning.

Also not to be confused with people [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts desperately trying to ''avoid'' having an orgasm.]]

Also not to be confused with people [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts desperately trying to]] ''[[ThinkUnsexyThoughts avoid]]'' [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts having an orgasm.]]

Almost without exception [[HappyEnding she will eventually experience orgasm in the end]]. Either by discovering a way to successfully masturbate herself or, more common, by finding the right partner or having her current partner learn how to do it properly. When the partner eventually reaches orgasm it is usually combined with the ImmodestOrgasm, as if [[DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo all her year-long frustrations are finally yelled out in one extravagant finale]]. Can also be combined with BiggerIsBetterInBed.

** Amazonian sex goddess [=DiDi=] was, for the first several years of the strip, unable to reach orgasm during sex. This is largely because men are overwhelmed with her beauty and can only last a few seconds with her, but on at least one occasion another woman performed cunnilingus on her until the woman's jaw went numb, without solving the problem; in addition, she appears to fake satisfaction to avoid disappointing her boyfriends. Her desperate need for an orgasm led to [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly jerkish behavior]]. She ''did'' eventually shake this problem, but now she's gotten the impression that the orgasm meant she's in love, and she's in StalkerWithACrush mode.

'''Maeve:''' Girls talk, clodpole. Aimee said you can't come.

* In Season 2 third episode of ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', it's revealed Michaela during a Keating 5 scene about sex never had an orgasm during her relationship with Aiden as she become often teased by the others (especially [[DeadpanSnarker Connor]]) about it throughout the season.

* In Season 2 third episode of ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', it's revealed Michaela never had an orgasm during her relationship with Aiden becoming teased by the others (especially [[DeadpanSnarker Connor]]) about it throughout the season.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' features an episode in which Turk and Carla are about to have sex, then the camera moves to the side... then back, to see them both laying in bed looking distraught, and Turk says, "That's never happened to me before," heavily implying that Turk was [[TheLoinsSleepTonight unable to perform]] or [[SpeedSex finished too quickly]]. Later, as each is talking about what went wrong to their respective friends, it's revealed that Turk was fine, but Carla couldn't have an orgasm.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has the episode "My Monster," in which J.D. finds out on a date with The Gift Shop Girl that his "peep was on the fritz." Another episode subverts this trope. It opens with Turk and Carla about to get it on, then the camera moves to the side... then back, to see them both laying in bed looking distraught, and Turk says, "That's never happened to me before." Later, as each is talking about what went wrong to their friends, it's revealed that Turk was fine, but Carla couldn't have an orgasm.