In new research, people of all genders who engaged sexually with women reported significantly more frequent orgasms than those who engaged sexually with men.
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A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire or have sex, except to please men or have children.
Research shows that feminist women are more likely to have sex that is more loving and pleasurable.
Women have fewer orgasms than men. But this gap is cultural, not biological. Closing it is possible, both on a societal and personal level.
The pain of ‘blue balls’ should never be used as a coercive tactic. But almost half of study participants — mostly women and some men — reported pressure to engage sexually.
Like other gender gaps, it is important to continue pushing past individual explanations and understand the gender gap in orgasms as a form of gender inequality.
Women report one orgasm for every three from men. Part of the problem might lie in what happens in the bedroom.
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