The Resolution Phase, when the response cycle moves backward through the Plateau and Excitement Phases to the passive unstimulated state. After climbing the sexual peak, the female returns to the plains. The pulse and blood pressure return to normal. The muscle tension and the vasocongestion also disappear.

The two basic changes which all the organs undergo to return to normal are: release of muscular tension in the body, and return of the blood to the heart from the congested blood vessels. The heart rate, blood pressure and respiration return to normal within minutes. If a woman has had a sex flush of her skin during the Plateau Phase, it will rapidly disappear; she may also have a thin layer of perspiration on her body.

The congested areolas around the nipples return to normal as the venous constriction is relieved. This rapid relief of areolar congestion makes the nipples look more erect. The tell-tale secondary erection of

the nipples is another sure, externally visible sign that orgasm has taken place.

Within five to ten seconds after orgasm, the clitoris returns to its normal position as during the pre-excitement phase. In cases where manual stimulation of the clitoris is resorted to produce an orgasm, its return to the normal overhanging position is another indication that an orgasm has taken place. The contracted outer-third of the vagina relaxes and the orgasmic platform is lost.

Where the female partner has not gone beyond the Plateau Phase, the resolution takes much longer. If an inadequate male partner leaves her high and dry at the Plateau Phase, chronic congestion of her pelvic parts occurs, resulting in backaches, a constant feeling of congestion  in the  pelvic area and, in some cases, local irritation causing vaginal discharge. Intercourse makes her more tense, irritable and frustrated.

The female is ever ready to scale the sexual summit once again if restimulated, unlike the male who cannot respond immediately. Hence the necessity of an ever-potent male to fulfil the evergreen female. However, in this Stress Century, the civilised man is a tired man and does not have the energy to carry repeated sexual burdens.

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