You remember the controversial flick Secretary, starring James Spader as the dominant boss and Maggie Gyllenhaal as the masochistic secretary? We're not exactly sure who we'd rather be in that scenario. Seems like a pretty hot situation all around.
Gyllenhaal stars in a recently completed romantic comedy called Hysteria. If you're savvy in the history surrounding the vibrator, you already know that, back in the day, doctors used to treat women for “female hysteria” by doing a “pelvic massage.” Of course, massage led to “hysterical paroxysm,” meaning orgasm.
Can you imagine? Just how many women can a man bring to orgasm with his fingers in one day? They'd get tired after a while, we'd think. Hence, the invention of the vibrator.
But that's not all Gyllenhaal doing with the female orgasm. Sunday night, Gyllenhaal narrated an episode of Curiosity on the Discovery Channel about ... you guessed it! The female orgasm. The lovely actress was chosen specifically because of the aforementioned roles. For who better to tell us about the wonders of the female orgasm than a woman so outwardly comfortable with her sexuality?
And ... here's Maggie!