What’s your rank?
Think you know a woman’s body, inside and out? Think you’re a connoisseur of the female form? Take this quiz and find out. Write down your answers as you go.
1) How many places on a woman’s body have the potential to produce an orgasm?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
2) The “B” cup-volume on a 34B bra is the same as the “B” cup-volume on a 40B bra.
A. True
B. False
3) Almost all women have the potential to have an orgasm through stimulation of the “G-Spot.”
A. False
B. True
4) The average American adult woman weighs:
A. Between 125 and 135 pounds
B. Between 140 and 150 pounds
C. Between 160 and 165 pounds
D. Between 170 and 180 pounds
5) A woman with a 24-inch waist (around) would be considered:
A. Too large to be a standard fashion model.
B. The correct size for a plus-sized American model.
C. Average waist-sized for an American woman.
6) Female breast sizes sometimes change on a monthly basis.
A. True
B. False
7) Most women have symmetrical breasts.
A. True
B. False
8) When sexually aroused, a woman is likely to experience a clitoral erection.
A. True
B. False
9) The average areola size for an adult woman is:
A. 1/2 inch
B. 1 inch
C. 1 ½ inches
D. 2 inches
10) An ovary is also known as a:
A. Vestibular bulb
B. Pudendal cleft
C. Female gonad
D. Fallopian tube
11) When a woman is sexually aroused, her labia minora (or small vaginal lips) engorge with blood.
A. True
B. False
12) The vulva consists of how many anatomical structures?
A. 2
B. 6
C. 9
D. 11
13) Women do not ejaculate when they have an orgasm.
A. True
B. False
14) Female pubic bones open during pregnancy.
A. True
B. False
15) A woman’s vagina is elastic, able to accommodate various penis sizes and childbirth, both of which do not change the “at rest” size of the vaginal tube/fibromuscular tubular tract.
A. True
B. False
You can relax now, guys. The quiz is over. Now, read the answers below:
1) Answer: B. There are two places on a woman’s body that have been reported to produce an orgasm, the clitoris and the vagina—usually around the controversial place called the “G-Spot.” The percentage of women who report vaginal orgasm is significantly less than clitoral orgasm, while some women report never having experienced orgasm (according to Kinsey Institute reports). The answer here rests with the “potential” to orgasm, as reported by some women (not all women). There are many scientific studies and academic debates about the vaginal orgasm, which go all the way back to Freudian theories. For example, one study found women who have vaginal orgasms have a lower resting heart rate, while other research has found “women who orgasm without clitoral stimulation are less likely on average to use certain maladaptive psychological coping mechanisms.” See this article for a current review of the research literature on vaginal orgasms.
2) Answer: B. All cup volumes change according to the bra-band size to account for the change in chest circumference. Thus, the cup size for a 34B bra will be smaller than the cups on a 40B bra, and for example, a 36D bra will have the same cup volume as a 38C bra. See the Fig Leaves fitting guide for more information on bra sizes.
3) Answer: A. Many studies have shown that only some women are capable of having an orgasm through stimulation of the “G-Spot” alone. In fact, the exact location and existence of the “G-Spot” and its name are still being debated in the scientific world, as evidenced by such studies as: “Is the Female G-Spot Truly a Distinct Anatomic Entity?” published in 2012 by The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
4) Answer: C. According to the “Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States, 2003-2006,” the average weight of an American woman is 164.7 pounds.
5) Answer: A. Fashion models must fit the “sample size,” which is size“O,” equivalent to a 23-inch waist size or less. (Read more about it here and here.) American plus-sized models currently range in clothing size from 6-14, with waist sizes starting at 26 inches. Whereas according to the “Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States, 2003-2006,” the average American woman has a waist size of 37 inches.
6) Answer: A. Due to monthly cycles, weight fluctuations, and pregnancy, women often have different sized breasts on a monthly basis. Source: “Cyclic changes in composition and volume of the breast during the menstrual cycle, measured by magnetic resonance imaging,” published by An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2005.
7) Answer: B. Most women have a small amount of asymmetry to their breasts, while pronounced asymmetry is much less common. Read how doctors answer this question here.
8) Answer: A. True: clitoral erection usually accompanies sexual arousal in women. Read more in this wiki article.
9) Answer: C. Although some women have up to four-inch areolae, the average size is 1.5 inches. Also see this academic reference to breasts (with a section “Of the Areola”), which describes the pre-pregnancy areola being approximately 1-inch and the post-pregnancy areola being approximately 2-inches in diameter.
10) Answer: C. Ovaries are considered female gonads. Vestibular bulbs are masses of erectile tissue on either side of the vagina also known as clitoral bulbs. The Pudendal cleft is the fissure between the labia majora, also known as the Cleft of Venus, and Fallopian tubes are slender ducts that allow the passage of eggs from the ovaries to the uterus.
11) Answer: A. The labia minora (the small lips of the vagina) swell with blood when a woman is sexually aroused. See, for example, this article published in 2002 by World Journal of Urology.
12) Answer: D. The vulva, which refers to external female organs (in contrast to vagina, which is the internal passageway/fibromuscular tubular tract), consists of eleven anatomical structures: the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, clitoral hood, vulval vestibule, pudendal cleft, frenulum labiorum pudendi, urinary meatus, introitus, and hymen.
13) Answer: B. Although the source of the ejaculated fluids produced by some women during orgasm is still being scientifically debated, many women report having experienced some type of ejaculation. Read the abstract of a historical review of female ejaculation published in 2010 by The Journal of Sexual Medicine here.
14) Answer: B. Yes, a woman’s pubic bones (or more specifically the pubic symphysis) actually opens about 4 millimeters during childbirth.
15) Answer: A. Although you might come across hundreds of articles that discuss the size of the female vagina, and while 1) vagina sizes vary a couple of centimeters among individual women, 2) the labia of the individual female vulva may change over time (and become stretched), 3) a woman may have stronger or weaker pelvic floor muscles due to exercise and health, and 4) the vagina temporarily contracts (gets tighter) with swelling when a woman is aroused—the actual vagina/tube does not permanently change in width or length due to penetration or childbirth. Don’t believe me? Check out this article from the Kinsey Institute.
(13-15 Questions Correct)
RANK 1: FBI – DIRECTOR
You’re a veritable female body investigator genius! You know a woman’s body, inside and out, maybe even better than she knows it herself! You know where to touch her to make her go “ooohhh,” and you’ll never be the type of male who compares her to other women or judges her for her unique physical qualities. You might be found in a room with your wife as she gives childbirth—or maybe you’re the doctor!
(10-12 questions correct)
RANK 2: FBI – DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
You’re a very knowledgeable female body investigator. You may not know everything about a woman’s body, but you’re getting there! You know how to move around a woman’s body, and you aren’t scared by the intricacies you find there. You may have a few preconceived notions hanging around, but overall, you’d make (or already do make) an excellent lover.
(7-9 Questions Correct)
RANK 3: FBI – SPECIAL AGENT
You’re a female body investigator-investigator. You care just enough about the individual woman’s body to please her short-term, but you’re probably not ready to please a woman long-term because you’re too busy investigating other women. You think you know a lot, but eventually, you’ll come across a woman who won’t let you slide by so easily.
(4-6 Questions Correct)
RANK 4: FBI – PROBATIONARY AGENT
You’re a female body investigator on probation. This rank is only here so that you don’t feel bad about your score, but you could definitely use a little improvement in knowledge (and in the bedroom).
(0-3 Questions Correct)
SERIOUS WARNING: YOU HAVE FAILED THE ACADEMY AND ARE CURRENTLY AN UN-RANKED FBI. BACK TO SCHOOL.
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I know every woman is different, so I don’t bother answering this question. I just asked my girlfriend.
1… is a very misleading… Anal sex is common and is know for a orgasm
There is a study that just came out that used MRI scans of the brain during a G-spot orgasm, clitoral orgasm, and a vaginal orgasm. The scan result’s show very clearly that each orgasm is distinct and ” light up” different parts of the brain.
Love this quiz, even though I failed the crap out of it.
I am also now feeling a little less easy about being a size 6.
Isn’t the vaginal orgasm a myth? I read an article somewhere that said that e women who have the smallest distance between their clitoris and vaginal opening are the ones most likely to have a “vaginal” orgasm whereas those with the largest distance are least likely. The theory is that “vaginal” orgasms are the result of stimulation of the clitoral nerves by less direct means. In other words, it’s the same kind of orgasm, involving the same nerves. The idea that vaginal orgasms are somehow different or better than clitoral orgasms has left generations of women feeling sexually inadequate. Freud… Read more »
um.. no the orgasmic state can be reached all kinds of ways and all people are different so there is no 1 method for all of them. This is true of both men and women, some men experience an orgasm through prostate massage that is totally different and often more intense than with penile stimulation, some times they don’t. The nerve bundles at the clit and g-spot are totally different bundles, both feel good for women (apparently), some women like one, some like the other, some like both, doesn’t mean one “type” of orgasm is “better” than another, it just… Read more »
Personaly I have never found anything resembling a G spot in my own anatomy and attempts by BF’s to find it have only left me feeling irritated and annoyed. Maybe I AM defective? 🙂
From what I’ve read, there is no evidence of different nerve bundles being responsible for different female orgasms, although it is possible to get an orgasm in different ways. But it is very difficult to find accurate information. I could be wrong.
In some cases, what looks to be a vaginal orgasm could actually be kind of clitoral orgasm. The part of the clitoris that sticks out is only about 10% of the whole nerve cluster, which is largely internal. According to Mary Roach’s book on the science of sex, there are women who have had clitorectomies who still experience orgasm. What they were missing was the external part of the clitoris, but most of it was still there to be stimulated from vaginal contact. Even people with no feeling from the waist down because of spinal cord damage or other nerve… Read more »
And there are women who swear that childbirth is a kind of orgasmic experience. Hey, I don’t buy it either, I’m just saying that’s probably not a clitoral orgasm, if it really happens.
“And there are women who swear that childbirth is a kind of orgasmic experience”
For that kind of women who think that “Bigger is better!”
164 lbs? Is that right?
I think #1 is BS. I knew a girl who could cum just from nipple stimulation, and I read another article that said this is pretty common.
Perhaps it should have said common ways. There are women (and men) who can orgasm with very little physical stimulation, with the right visuals. I mean really, there are all sorts of fetishes and kinks out there that #1 doesn’t address.
I actually read an article recently about a study where they had a woman who could make herself orgasm without any physical contact at all. She was able to orgasm simply using her mind. I found that incredible.
Not to mention anal orgasms (yes, they’re not a myth – I saw one).
I agree. I honestly wrote down that that first question was a trick question. I thought the answer was going to be something like “Gotcha! There is no set number of places on a woman’s body that have the potential to cause orgasm.”
Cool, I got 10. Deputy Chief of Staff is good. If it was grad class 67% wouldn’t cut it.
Hmm…I’d be interested in knowing how many women could answer these questions correctly. And, equally, how many men could answer similar questions about male bodies.
I won’t say how many I got wrong, just that it was more than I expected. At age 35, I failed the multiple choice part of a driver’s license test, so let’s keep this in perspective. (I won’t tell you which state, but the speed limit on the state’s beaches is 12 mph.) Holy sh*t, a size 6 is considered a “plus-size” for a model? That is a seriously messed up standard. Average weight for an American woman is a little skewed at present, considering something like a third of the American population is obese today. Trick question about the… Read more »
Yep, size 6 is plus. I suspect most of us women who are considered small to average by our friends and family are actually “Plus” sized. But I say, who wants to be a zero. That means you aren’t really even there.
When I was growing up size 6 was tiny.
In Devil Wears Prada, Andie’s character was nicknamed (somewhat meanly) Six, because she was so much bigger then the rest of the staff.
I can’t believe that the average woman’s waist size is 37″. Mine is a 36″ and I’m only 5′ 7″ and weigh about 190 lbs. Granted the muscle mass I gained (roughly 20 lbs) when I was weight lifting tends to skew things somewhat as muscle is more dense than fat, but still, my waist is smaller than the average woman’s. I can’t believe it unless waist size is calculated differently for men than women.
The average American’s man waist is 38-39 inches. Maybe your smaller than the average woman’s waist but most men aren’t.
I would also argue how realistic it is to expect the average size of a woman to be 24 inches. I just read an article from a model that was talking about how her agents and promoters told her to simply eat a rice cake a day and that was all she was to eat.
This is what I don’t get about women though. Why is size # important? For that record why is weight # important? Health and attractiveness seem like they should be important. Size and weight #s do not correlate to health. A chick can be mad skinny and look terrible if she’s unhealthy. A chick can be kinda chubby and still look bomb.
Dunno. I don’t even worry about sizes.
I know, zero is a weird number for a size. If clothes sizes ever need to be revised downward, where do you go from there? Double zero? Negative one?
Children’s sizes, buddy. Trust me, I’ve dated chicks who would practically brag about it.
There are double zero sizes actually.
I can understand chicks that brag about where chidlren sizes. A woman’s worth is evaluated by her body and age.
The number scale on North American sizes has shifted with time. The current scale is often referred to as “vanity sizing”; that is, as people get bigger, the sizes get rounded down so they appear smaller. Women sometimes encounter the “historical” sizing standards when shopping for formal dresses or in making clothes from sewing patterns, both of which use the size standards of yore. Check them out here: http://www.simplicity.com/t-sewing-101-part2.aspx
1. I was under the impression that the female orgasm was a myth.
2. I can take a bra off blindfolded with one hand.
3. What is a G-spot?
4. 20 lbs more than she needs to weigh to *feel* perfect?
5. an excellent cat burglar
6. creepy
7. crosseyed
8. mine’s bigger!
9. relative to the size of her ego
10. babymaker
11. vampires
12. I was under the impression the vulva was a myth.
13.babe, that was a new shirt
14. owwww
15. superball?