08/09/2026
For someone who talks very openly about women’s s*xuality, pleasure, beauty, health and wellbeing - and who firmly believes an 0rgasm a day keeps the doctor away - I really thought I knew my way around the subject.
I’ve tried nearly every toy on the market. At this point, I thought there were very few things my body could do that would genuinely make me say:
“EXCUSE ME, WHAT WAS THAT???”
And then…
MY EAR.
Yes. My EAR!
Recently my partner started paying some rather enthusiastic attention to my ear - kissing, nibbling, etc. - and somewhere along the way I suddenly realised my ENTIRE BODY was vibrating.
Not metaphorically.
I mean full-body, WHAT-IN-THE-MIDLIFE-WITCHCRAFT-IS-HAPPENING vibrating.
And then came what I can only describe as a full-body O.
From. My. EAR.
Naturally, being a sensible, mature almost-51-year-old woman, I immediately thought: “Something is medically wrong with me.” 😂
So I looked it up.
AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A THING.
Apparently, intense ear stimulation may trigger arousal and, for some people, an 0rgasmic full\-body response!
Frankly, EAR PLAY deserves better PR. As a perimenopausal woman I can honestly say this is a game changer! Think about it: No contraception. No c0ndoms. No l**e. No awkward clean-up. You don’t even have to take off your clothes! And your equipment is conveniently attached to your HEAD which is the only thing I can find these days anyway. .
And my favourite part of this has to be discovering that pleasure doesn’t necessarily disappear or become less interesting with age.
It just gets… weirder.
And I am HERE FOR IT 😉
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?!
Have you ever experienced a completely unexpected “how is THAT connected to THAT?!” pleasure response to any other part of your body?
And did everybody else know about the ear situation except me???
Because if so, ladies, we need to have a serious conversation about information sharing. 😂👂