In an earlier installment of this series, we dove into how commonly women fake orgasms and why. Feel free to read that article for more information, but here are some highlights:
- According to one study, 80% of the women involved had faked orgasms during sex and 20% of participants reported that they fake orgasms 90% of the time.
- According to another study, 68% of women reported that they had faked orgasms.
- A third study found that 54% of women said they’d faked orgasms with 26% saying that they fake orgasms every single time they have sex.
When it comes to the why question, here are some key points:
- In heterosexual sex, female orgasms carry a high level of importance to their male sexual partners.
- Men not only enjoy their female partners having orgasms, they also seem to feel a responsibility to bring their partners to orgasm.
- When a woman does not orgasm, men are predisposed to take it as a sign of their own sexual failure.
- Both male and female participants in studies have commonly reported concern that a lack of female orgasm in a sexual encounter will have a negative impact on the male partner’s view of their sexual abilities.
- Another particularly interesting study found a link between attachment insecurity and a predisposition to fake orgasms.
Anti-Feminist Beliefs and Worries About Being Cheated on Linked to Faking Orgasms #
This continues to be an ongoing area of research. And I recently found a study that investigated another potential factor: Whether a woman holds feminist or anti-feminist beliefs could be linked to faking orgasms. Here a few interesting thing today’s study found:
- In keeping with multiple previous studies (some of them linked earlier in this article), the majority of this sample had faked orgasms at least once. This time that portion was 77%.
- Women who held anti-feminist views were significantly more likely to fake orgasms.
- Women who were worried about their partners cheating on them were _also _more likely to fake orgasms.
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Wow! Fascinating stuff. I’m looking forward to seeing what they find next…
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This post is part of an ongoing Poly Land feature called Psyched for the Weekend, in which I geek out with brief takes about some of my favorite psychological studies and concepts. For the entire series, please see this link.