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iQuestions Expert, Michael Sytsma 
 
 
Question: 
 
Is it really possible for a man to have multiple orgasms during a single 
intercourse session? 
 
Answer: 
 
Is it possible for men to have multiple orgasms? Well, let’s define 
multiple orgasm. 
 
When we talk about it in the literature, we’re speaking of having one 
orgasm after the other. Sometimes, we talk about it like riding the 
wave, that you never really go back into resolve— that you never calm 
down afterward. They just kind of come one after another. In that 
respect, no, it’s not possible for men to do that. 
 
Because of a chemical that’s released in our system during orgasm, it 
shuts down our ability to have an orgasm very quickly after. In fact, 
we call that time between orgasms the refractory period. 
 
Now, when we’re young, that refractory period can be quite short. So, 
we can have sex— we can have orgasms, pretty rapidly after each 
other, having only a few minutes in between. 
 
For men who are getting older in their sixties or seventies, this may be 
even a couple of days or longer between times when they can 
experience an orgasm. 
 
The challenge for both old and young men might be to shift away from 
being orgasm-focused. Remember, sex is mostly about the connection. 
It’s about oneness. It’s about creating intimacy and coming together. 
 
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And whether you experience an orgasm in two minutes, or whether it 
takes three days, you can still work on connecting intimately with your 
spouse— where you look deep into each other’s eyes, where you hold 
each other, where you caress, where you help each other to feel safe 
and warm and connect with each other. That’s more important than 
the orgasm anyway. 
 
While the orgasms are great, allow your body to be who and what it is, 
and really work on the connect time and the oneness that you can 
create in sexual intimacy. 
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