Orgasms Make Women 'Invincible'

Nervous systems shut down, making it harder to feel pain
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff | Suggested by GoldenGatsby

Posted Nov 8, 2010 4:10 PM CST

(Newser) – Orgasms are nice—so nice that, for women at least, they kinda make you invincible. Neuroscientists studied women pleasuring themselves while in MRI body scanners, to see what happens inside the brain during orgasm. They found that 30 different parts of the brain light up with pleasure so strong that the nervous system begins to shut down—making it more difficult for a woman to feel pain, the Sun reports.