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Article: Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
- Author:
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In heterosexual encounters, women are less likely to reach orgasm than men. This has long been seen as a problem in the sexological literature (Fisher, 1973; Masters & Johnson, 1966, 1970; van de Velde, 1957). Men's orgasms, on the other hand, are generally seen as unproblematic unless they occur too soon during coitus (a common occurrence) or are delayed or absent (a rare occurrence).
However, there has been little research at a population level that examines predictors of or factors associated with orgasm on any one occasion. Indeed, much of the research on female difficulties with orgasm or with heterosexual sex in general has focused more on indirect causes, ...