The orgasm gap, or pleasure gap, is a social phenomenon referring to the general disparity between heterosexual men and women in terms of sexual satisfaction—more specifically, the unequal frequency in achievement of orgasm during sexual encounters. Currently, across every demographic that has been studied, women report the lowest frequency of reaching orgasm during sexual encounters with men. Researchers speculate there are multiple factors that may contribute to the orgasm gap Orgasm gap researcher Laurie Mintz argues that the primary reason for this form of gender inequality is due to "our cultural ignorance of the clitoris" and that it is commonplace to "mislabel women's genitals by the one part (the vagina) that gives men, but not women, reliable orgasms." Contributing factors Sexual behaviour and reaching orgasm Data of sexual behaviour research indicates the majority of women (up to 70\%) do not usually reach orgasm during mixed-sex sexual activity, whereas men (over 90\%) usually do. During partnered sexual encounters, rates of orgasm for men do not vary depending on one's sexual orientation; though, lesbians or women who have sex with women report significantly higher rates of orgasm (up to 83\%) than those who have sex with men. This variance among women is influenced by the prioritization of clitoral stimulation during women only sexual encounters. It has been determined that for women, clitoral stimulation is the most reliable method of reaching orgasm with nearly all women requiring some form of clitoral stimulation in order to achieve orgasm. Conversely, vaginal-penile intercourse is not known to reliably result in orgasm for women. Studies have found that women report pretending to orgasm during vaginal-penile intercourse more than during any other sexual practise.
The orgasm gap, or pleasure gap, is a social phenomenon referring to the general disparity between heterosexual men and women in terms of sexual satisfaction—more specifically, the unequal frequency in achievement of orgasm during sexual encounters. Currently, across every demographic that has been studied, women report the lowest frequency of reaching orgasm during sexual encounters with men. Researchers speculate there are multiple factors that may contribute to the orgasm gap Orgasm gap researcher Laurie Mintz argues that the primary reason for this form of gender inequality is due to "our cultural ignorance of the clitoris" and that it is commonplace to "mislabel women's genitals by the one part (the vagina) that gives men, but not women, reliable orgasms." Contributing factors Sexual behaviour and reaching orgasm Data of sexual behaviour research indicates very few women (less than 30\%) reach orgasm during mixed-sex sexual activity, whereas men (over 90\%) usually do. During partnered sexual encounters, rates of orgasm for men do not vary depending on one's sexual orientation; though, lesbians or women who have sex with women report significantly higher rates of orgasm (up to 83\%) than those who have sex with men. This variance among women is influenced by the prioritization of clitoral stimulation during women only sexual encounters. It has been determined that for women, clitoral stimulation is the most reliable method of reaching orgasm with nearly all women requiring some form of clitoral stimulation in order to achieve orgasm. Conversely, vaginal-penile intercourse is not known to reliably result in orgasm for women. Studies have found that women report pretending to orgasm during vaginal-penile intercourse more than during any other sexual practise.
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