Researchers surveyed 104 sexually active couples about how much they orgasm, the ideal amount they’d like to, and how often they expect people should, and found a gap in these relationships, with men climaxing more often than their female partners.
“Our expectations are shaped by our experiences, so when women orgasm less, they will desire and expect to orgasm less,” said Grace Wetzel, a Rutgers social psychology doctoral student who advocates for orgasm equity in her 10,000 followers on social media.
If women do lower their expectations in this way, the more orgasm inequality may perpetuate in relationships.
A person’s expectations and desire for an outcome influence their future behavior, shaping how motivated they are to pursue that outcome, in this case – ultimate sexual pleasure.
The orgasm gap has implications for women’s pleasure, empowerment, sexual satisfaction, and general well-being. Importantly, this is a gender equality issue. Women are learning to expect and be satisfied with less in their sexual interactions with men.
Researchers also stressed the importance of increasing women’s expectations for and entitlement to orgasm during sex with men in the hope of breaking this cycle for women who wish to have more orgasms in their sexual relationships.
Source: Medindia
