For women sex is often about finding a partner and a relationship. Feeling close and warm is more important for women than it is for men. The stages of the sexual response cycle are arousal, orgasm and resolution .

Arousal

This starts with excitement, and then then reaches a plateau. In the excitement phase an increase in the blood flow to the sexual parts causes the sexual lips and the vagina to enlarge. The vagina becomes wet inside. The speed and strength of arousal vary greatly.

The plateau is a steady state of high arousal, just before orgasm. It needs a little more exciting touch to tip over into knowing you are going to come. Sometimes rubbing near the clitoris helps this.

Orgasm

This is an intense pleasurable sensation in the area of the sexual parts, with rhythmic spasms of the wall of the vagina and the other sexual organs. The skin may flush as well. Some women are able to have a number of orgasms one after another. Every woman is different when it comes to orgasm. Some have very strong orgasms, and others do not have any orgasm at all. Both are normal.

Resolution

This is when everything goes back to its usual state before you became aroused. The longer a woman has been aroused, the longer it takes to go back. If the woman does not have an orgasm then it takes even longer.