With shows like Masters of Sex and Sex Box getting sexuality into mainstream television, we’re excited (and hopeful) that people – especially women – will start to have an open dialogue about their sex lives, instead of keeping them quiet and sometimes even being ashamed of their needs and desires.

To celebrate these new television shows, Healthland at Time online came out with a list of 12 interesting facts about ladies and their illusive orgasms- 5 that we’d never heard before! Check ’em out:

1. Wearing high heels can negatively affect a woman’s orgasm

Yep – although you love the way you (or your partner) look in stilettos, they might actually be hindering a lady’s ability to achieve orgasm. Apparently some shoe brands “developed the arch in their high-heeled shoes to approximate the arch in a woman’s pelvis when she is having an orgasm. The heels create a contraction in the pelvic floor, which is problematic because the pelvic floor then cannot contract further during orgasm.” Uh oh. Might be time to stick to flats on nights you’re gettin’ laid, chickadees!

2. Orgasms and creativity are inexplicably linked in the ladies

Yep, when you feel better at writing or painting after a hot booty call, it’s no coincidence. Something about orgasms makes women more creative, and vice versa: when women feel more creative, they have better orgasms. Hey guys, it might be time to treat your date to a wine and painting class (like this one in San Diego).

3. Chairs can help or hinder women’s orgasms

According to studies, the way a woman sits on a chair can sometimes get her aroused. Next time you’re at dinner with a hot chick, whisper “are you stimulating your pudendal nerves?” and see if it gets her horny (hint: it won’t). On the other hand, if a woman sits all day, for example working from a computer, the muscles that help her achieve full-body orgasms might be lessened. Luckily, I don’t know anyone who sits all day for their job OH WAIT SHIT.

4. The pulses a woman feels during orgasm is her body trying to “scoop up” semen

Here’s another reason to wear a condom, bro. Those awesome feelings that make your lady scream aren’t just pleasurable, they’re also biological – helping “the cervix scoop semen up that may have pooled in the back of the vagina to enhance fertility.” Seriously, dudes. Her brain might not want to get knocked up, BUT HER BODY SERIOUSLY DOES. Wrap your junk.

5. Being well hydrated leads to better orgasms

Water: you can’t live without it, and it might make both men AND women’s orgasm way, way better. So skip the Dr. Pepper and DRINK WATER. Your skin, eyes, hair, liver, kidneys, and SEXY PARTS will thank you!