Discrepancy in the Perception of Female Orgasms By Men and Women

Cartoon of Man Wondering Why Woman Wants Foreplay

Apparently men and women have a very different perception of satisfying sex, if a woman’s orgasm is any sort of indicator. According to a recent study out of Indiana University, 85% of men were confident that their last sexual partner had achieved the big O during intercourse with only (a statistically significant) 64% of women backing this up.

From NY Daily News:

The “perception gap” might be ego-deflating news for some guys, but the authors said there’s much in the findings to reassure Americans about their sex lives.

“Our data provide answers to these common sex questions and demonstrate how sex has changed in the nearly 20 years since the …

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Let’s Talk About (Oral) Sex, Baby!

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that oral sex is on the rise … or at least that conversations based around it are. Whether contemplating the convenience of shaved vs. bushy or the Catholic church’s historic ban on acts that don’t lead directly to procreation (a category that oral sex definitely falls under, as does masturbation … do Catholics not orgasm or something?), it’s all over the place right now.

Okay, just want to get out there that oral sex, both giving and receiving, is a source of great pleasure for me and millions of women all over the world. The idea that oral stimulation is gross or wrong or whatever is just so far off my radar screen it’s ridiculous (unlike Paris Hilton, I’m not a hypocrite).

Oral sex is increasingly common for young women to partake in, both in addition to and as an alternative of intercourse. Researchers out of the University of Alberta recently conducted a study on oral sex (must have been a lot of fun), concluding that it’s unquestionably part of what researcher Brea Malacad refers to as “the sexual revolution of the 21st century.”

Anyway, an interesting conclusion to be drawn from Malacad’s work here is that researchers, sex educators, and safe-sex marketers need to get on the cunnilingus caboose. The fellatio freeway. Route 69. Whatever.

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