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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Orgasm"”.
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Comparing Orgasm Descriptions between the Sexes
… on characteristics present in descriptions of orgasms from 291 undergraduate participants aged 18 years or older, using the coding scheme presented in the Human Orgasm Model (Mah & Binik, 2001). Participants were asked to describe their most recent orgasm, and to designate whether the orgasm …
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Examining sexual satisfaction and pretending orgasm
… readers: 86% of respondents reported pretending orgasm during intercourse with a partner (Kylstra, 2011). Despite its apparent frequency, there is yet to be a study conducted investigating the relationship between pretending orgasm and overall sexual satisfaction (Ippolito, 2012). Sexual …
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The timing of orgasm and sexual satisfaction
… men a relationship exists between the timing of orgasm and sexual satisfaction. Specifically for women, it was hypothesized that women who orgasm before or at the same time as their partners would report to be more sexually satisfied than women who orgasm after their partners. A one-way between …
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A Person-Centered Approach to Understanding Women's Decision to Fake Orgasm
… nearly two-thirds of women fake or have faked orgasm, yet few researchers have explicitly examined this phenomenon. Previous studies have identified some group differences between women who fake orgasm and those who do not on dimensions of sexual experience, emotion regulation, intimacy, …
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Coming to understand
… sexual behaviour. Yet research on the female orgasm only gained momentum in the mid – late twentieth century (Kinsey, 1953; Krantz, 1958; Masters and Johnson, 1966). The latter piece of research was conducted at the time of the second-wave feminist movement, which “took up arms” in the …
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Factors that Influence Individual Differences in Female Sexual Response in a College-Aged Population
… about demographics, health, sexual partners and orgasm, sexual satisfaction, masturbation and vibrators, personality, and sex guilt. Of the participants, 106 reported that they had experienced sex of some kind, 83 indicated that they had experienced single orgasm during sex with a partner, and 46 …
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Sex, drugs, and women's desire
… have a problem with physical arousal or with orgasm, but with desiring sex before it starts. Most women with low sexual desire disorder have partners with higher desire than they do. So is low desire a medical, physiological problem in the brain? Or is it a sociocultural, interpersonal issue? …
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A Study on the Relations between sexuality and quality of life in diabetic women
… of sexual arousal." With regard to the degree of orgasmic disorder, 25.7% responded that they felt no orgasm at all. Concerning the degree of sexual pain disorder, 70.0% had "a lack of vaginal lubrication", 27.1% "a pain after sexual intercourse," 10.0% a headache after sexual intercourse, and …
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Disgust Sensitivity, Sexual Trauma History, and Female Sexual Functioning
… functioning (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain). Furthermore, this study assessed whether disgust mediated or moderated the relationship between sexual trauma and sexual satisfaction. A total of 156 heterosexual women age 18 years and older in current romantic …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
… Conclusion: Overall, PLWSCD experienced a sex-or orgasm induced pain crisis, but little attention is given to this phenomenon by healthcare providers or within the sickle cell community at large. Furthermore, to their displeasure, PLWSCD lamented that sexual partners often questioned their ability …
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Women’s Sexual Fantasies in Context: The Emotional Content of Sexual Fantasies, Psychological and Interpersonal Distress, and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships
… and reported less frequent sexual activity and orgasm with their current partner. Confirmatory factor analyses lead to revisions of the theoretical model. Respecification of the study model found that psychological and interpersonal distress mediated the relationship between negative emotional …
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Masculinity, power, sexual negotiation and AIDS : a discourse analysis
… ejaculation, and responsibility for the woman's orgasm. Rationalisations for avoiding negotiating safer sex were also offered within the discourses of mood-breaking, trust/mistrust, and stigma. Discourses present tended to embody a.n ideology of male dominance within the sexual sphere, …
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Η σεξουαλική ζωή της γυναίκας της νοτιοδυτικής Ελλάδος και οι επιπτώσεις στο γυναικολογικό της ιστορικό
… start of smoking. 13. Women that don't achieve orgasm easily change partners more often. 14. A same age partner is preferred for the first intercourse but the choice of an older one is most common later. 15. Infidelity is a common trend. 16. There is a difference between the age they had for …
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Women's Sexual Self Schemas: A Cognitive Approach to Women's Sexuality
… sexual responses (i.e., desire, arousal, orgasm and resolution) and sexual evaluations, as well as measures of past and current relationship patterns and romantic attachment styles. Obtained results highlight predictable patterns of schema group differences across sexual/romantic …
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Embodying Technology: A Hermeneutic Inquiry into Corporeality and Identity as Manifested in a Case of Strap-On Dildo Use
… for sex brings him sexual satisfaction including orgasm. The dildo transforms "from object to organ" as Michael gradually comes to experience the dildo as a part of his own body. He also experiences a shift in his gendered and sexual identity, discovering that the dildo is neither a prosthetic …
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Beyond Bounds
… suddenly sours. The unending pain of permanent orgasm. Without pauses. Without breathing spaces. You do not have the stamina for this journey. Let me not whet your appetite for this kind of death. Do not lose your wits. Turn your back on this book. Go now. Before its brutal teeth make their …
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Deconstructing sex: an in-depth, qualitative exploration of women’s sexual experiences and difficulties
Epidemiological research on sexual difficulties in women has reported high rates of sexual problems and dissatisfaction across the lifespan. Nevertheless, feminist scholars and social science researchers argue that an absence of research exploring women’s subjective interpretations of their …