O gap: College women orgasm less than men
By Megan Saucke
Posted: 11/14/07, 12:55 AM EST Section: News
Sexual encounters may not result in toe-curling bliss for collegiate females.
In a recent survey of more than 4,000 college students across the country, a sociology professor at Stanford University found that women in college orgasm less than half as often as college males during hook-ups.
Merriam-Webster defines an orgasm as "an explosive discharge of neuromuscular tensions at the height of sexual arousal that is usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen in the male and by vaginal contractions in the female."
Sociology professor Paula England's survey questioned students about their most recent hook-ups, which ranged from kissing to manual sex to oral sex to intercourse. The results showed that 44 percent of men had reached orgasm compared to 19 percent of women.
More specifically, 70 percent of men climaxed during intercourse without oral sex beforehand, but only half the amount of females could do the same.
Catherine Cornwell, a professor in the psychology department, questioned the validity of England's study.
"Men, according to cultural stereotypes, are supposed to be more interested in sexual satisfaction than women," she said.
The subjects of the survey may not have been answering England's survey truthfully and could have been catering to what they thought were socially expected answers, Cornwell said.
A possible cause of the sexual gender gap may be the social focus of sexual activity on male pleasure, England's study reveals. In almost half of oral sex reports, only men received it, and women were the sole receivers 16 percent of the time.
Minnie-Bruce Pratt, a women's studies professor, said this inequity is due to the double standard that teaches women to resist expressing their sexuality and for men to enjoy it.
"I think that women not being able to ask for what they want in sex, that is, show they have desire, comes from a very embedded notion in this culture that if you're a woman and you like sex, there's something dirty and wrong with you," she said.
In a recent survey of more than 4,000 college students across the country, a sociology professor at Stanford University found that women in college orgasm less than half as often as college males during hook-ups.
Merriam-Webster defines an orgasm as "an explosive discharge of neuromuscular tensions at the height of sexual arousal that is usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen in the male and by vaginal contractions in the female."
Sociology professor Paula England's survey questioned students about their most recent hook-ups, which ranged from kissing to manual sex to oral sex to intercourse. The results showed that 44 percent of men had reached orgasm compared to 19 percent of women.
More specifically, 70 percent of men climaxed during intercourse without oral sex beforehand, but only half the amount of females could do the same.
Catherine Cornwell, a professor in the psychology department, questioned the validity of England's study.
"Men, according to cultural stereotypes, are supposed to be more interested in sexual satisfaction than women," she said.
The subjects of the survey may not have been answering England's survey truthfully and could have been catering to what they thought were socially expected answers, Cornwell said.
A possible cause of the sexual gender gap may be the social focus of sexual activity on male pleasure, England's study reveals. In almost half of oral sex reports, only men received it, and women were the sole receivers 16 percent of the time.
Minnie-Bruce Pratt, a women's studies professor, said this inequity is due to the double standard that teaches women to resist expressing their sexuality and for men to enjoy it.
"I think that women not being able to ask for what they want in sex, that is, show they have desire, comes from a very embedded notion in this culture that if you're a woman and you like sex, there's something dirty and wrong with you," she said.
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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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