The Satisfaction Gap — I Got Mine, Did You Get Yours?
The orgasm gap and why women climax less than men.
Imagine a steamy sex scene involving a woman and a man from your favorite television show or movie. It’s likely that both parties orgasm. But this doesn’t reflect reality.
Because during heterosexual sexual encounters, women have far fewer orgasms than men. This is called the orgasm gap. And it has been documented in the scientific literature for more than 20 years.
In one study of more than 50,000 people, 95% of heterosexual men said they usually or always orgasm when sexually intimate, while only 65% of heterosexual women said the same.
Research shows that some people believe this gap is because women’s orgasms are biologically elusive. Yet, if this were true, women’s orgasm rates would not differ depending on circumstance. Indeed, many ...