A
study published in the Journal of Sexual Archives says women will fake orgasm
not just for the relationship or their own insecurity, but to feel sexually
excited, the Huffington Post reports. The US study looked at 481 sexually
active, straight women with an average age of 20 who weren't in a committed
relationship, and asked why they faked it. Their top four answers:
• Altruistic
deceit (making the guy feel better)
• Fear and
insecurity (avoiding bad feelings about the experience)
• Elevated
arousal (turning herself on)
• Sexual
adjournment (getting sex over with)
The first two answers fit traditional thinking about a faked
orgasm—that it's for the man, or a woman's emotional well-being—but the third
shows a new self-determination by women in bed, says study co-author Erin
Cooper.
One caveat:
The study looked at young, single women, and earlier
studies have found this group can't achieve orgasm as easily as women in
serious relationships, Time notes.
Still, an earlier study showed that 80% of
women admitted to having faked the big O, reports NBC News. (Another
attention-grabbing sex study: Nearly half of men report "sexual
coercion.")
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