How do heterosexual men and women rate their orgasms in a relational context?
Journal
International journal of impotence research
ISSN: 1476-5489
Titre abrégé: Int J Impot Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9007383
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
21
09
2021
accepted:
08
03
2022
revised:
01
03
2022
medline:
30
3
2023
pubmed:
21
3
2022
entrez:
20
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The orgasm experience refers to the psychological self-evaluation of the orgasm. No previous research has compared the characteristics of the orgasm experience between men and women creating a ranking of the adjectives that better represent it. The main objective of this study was to analyze gender differences in the global orgasm experience, its dimensions, and its descriptive words to examine how do heterosexual people rate their orgasms. A sample of 1619 heterosexual adults (793 men, 826 women) completed a background questionnaire and the Orgasm Rating Scale. Results showed that there were significant gender differences in the global orgasm experience and three of its dimensions. Furthermore, fourteen of the 25 descriptive words showed differences between genders. In the ranking, the top five adjectives that better described the orgasm experience were the same in both genders. In conclusion, although differences across gender in the orgasm experience were observed, heterosexual men and women share similar adjectives to rate their orgasms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35306535
doi: 10.1038/s41443-022-00558-4
pii: 10.1038/s41443-022-00558-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
164-169Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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