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The Daily OrangeO gap: College women orgasm less than men
By Megan Saucke
Posted: 11/14/07, 12:55 AM EST Section: News
Because of this societal pressure, women may be less likely to explore themselves sexually. Only 60 percent of women surveyed admitted to masturbating in order to orgasm, while 97 percent of men did.
Sociology professor Marjorie DeVault said she thinks the lack of female masturbation may be a significant reason why women have trouble coming.
"That's the kind of sexual practice that gets people familiar with their bodies," she said. Because of this, women may not know what works best to make them peak.
Though the survey was supposedly only administered to heterosexuals, data indicated that women who are sexually active with other woman are more likely to orgasm.
Sixty-two percent of college women came from receiving oral sex from another woman, while 39 percent had an orgasm after oral sex from a man.
A lesbian student, who wished to remain anonymous, said women have a stronger desire to satisfy their partners than men.
"Women are more interested in how their partner feels," she said. She added that those engaging in same-sex hook-ups are more likely to ask for reciprocation.
Honesty and communication are critical to solutions between sexual partners.
In instances of oral sex, only a quarter of women reported real orgasms, while 60 percent of men thought they made their partner come. This comes from either faking orgasms or miscommunication between partners.
The study also indicated a correlation between increased orgasms within relationships. Women climaxed 60 percent of the time during sex in a relationship, while first-time intercourse hardly resulted in orgasm. This may indicate that communication is higher in relationships and more conducive to mutual orgasm.
Men in relationships ejaculate during intercourse 89 percent of the time, according to the study, so even for students in relationships, there is still a significant statistical gap between male and female orgasms.
DeVault, the sociology professor, said promoting a more open environment is the best way to solve this problem.
"I think one thing that might be helpful is just to talk more openly about sexual experience," she said. "Then they'd have a better sense of the varied experiences that other people have and know that it's OK to express themselves sexually however they want to."
Sociology professor Marjorie DeVault said she thinks the lack of female masturbation may be a significant reason why women have trouble coming.
"That's the kind of sexual practice that gets people familiar with their bodies," she said. Because of this, women may not know what works best to make them peak.
Though the survey was supposedly only administered to heterosexuals, data indicated that women who are sexually active with other woman are more likely to orgasm.
Sixty-two percent of college women came from receiving oral sex from another woman, while 39 percent had an orgasm after oral sex from a man.
A lesbian student, who wished to remain anonymous, said women have a stronger desire to satisfy their partners than men.
"Women are more interested in how their partner feels," she said. She added that those engaging in same-sex hook-ups are more likely to ask for reciprocation.
Honesty and communication are critical to solutions between sexual partners.
In instances of oral sex, only a quarter of women reported real orgasms, while 60 percent of men thought they made their partner come. This comes from either faking orgasms or miscommunication between partners.
The study also indicated a correlation between increased orgasms within relationships. Women climaxed 60 percent of the time during sex in a relationship, while first-time intercourse hardly resulted in orgasm. This may indicate that communication is higher in relationships and more conducive to mutual orgasm.
Men in relationships ejaculate during intercourse 89 percent of the time, according to the study, so even for students in relationships, there is still a significant statistical gap between male and female orgasms.
DeVault, the sociology professor, said promoting a more open environment is the best way to solve this problem.
"I think one thing that might be helpful is just to talk more openly about sexual experience," she said. "Then they'd have a better sense of the varied experiences that other people have and know that it's OK to express themselves sexually however they want to."
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Denise
posted 11/29/07 @ 8:58 PM EST
Maybe it's because we women were designed to have sex with multiple men in a single session rather than a single man who can only last 2 minutes!?
-Denise
AZ
posted 11/30/07 @ 1:08 AM EST
First of all nobody should ever have sex outside of marriage and number two why with multiple people.
Dumb people are all around us now days.
tzErb
posted 11/30/07 @ 1:09 AM EST
"More specifically, 70 percent of men climaxed during intercourse without oral sex beforehand, but only half the amount of females could do the same."
What do you want to be the author has never had an orgasm during intercourse?!?
Denise Loves Balls
posted 11/30/07 @ 1:15 AM EST
5 dicks in a row on Denise.
JV
posted 11/30/07 @ 1:26 AM EST
um....so...can I get Denise's phone number?
Trysty
Trysty
posted 11/30/07 @ 1:49 AM EST
"nobody should ever have sex outside of marriage" ?? according to, what, the Bible? please..
"why with multiple people"
it's a person's own choice to do what they want with their body. (Continued…)
David S.
posted 11/30/07 @ 2:25 AM EST
well no crap, it must be mankind telling itself to reproduce more, due to the simple fact, women don't have to get off at all to have a child, but men do. (Continued…)
no
posted 11/30/07 @ 3:28 AM EST
Who cares if the girl gets off during a random hookup?
If she's slutty enough to sleep around then she's not worth it. Cum and go.
If it's a real relationship, on the other hand, then I don't come up until she makes me. (Continued…)
somebody
posted 11/30/07 @ 3:46 AM EST
Religion, specifically Christianity is directly responsible for making women's sexuality a sin.
Jezebel !
Just stop believing the myth people.
There's no god there. (Continued…)
InformationPile
posted 11/30/07 @ 5:18 AM EST
That was just statistics. And as you all know, statistics generally lie. You cannot depend on them.
And all these girls on this site think that "Women Last Longer" and that sort of crap. (Continued…)
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