Orgasm is commonly viewed by individuals as the centerpiece of sexual satisfaction. Recent research has delved into the concept of faking orgasm during sexual experiences and the motives and mechanisms people use to do so. In the present studies, faking orgasm is defined as the participant acting as though they had an orgasm when in fact they didn’t actually have one (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). The terms faking orgasm, feigning orgasm and pretending orgasm are all synonymous and are used interchangeably throughout the research. The term PVI will also be used throughout the research as signifies penile-vaginal-intercourse. The majority of research on faking orgasms has been conducted on women, however the scope of research has recently begun …show more content…
The purpose of their study was to specifically examine the prevalence and motives of men faking orgasm, as this is a lesser known topic than women faking orgasm (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). They also wanted to examine what these reports may reveal about how faking orgasm is related to sexual scripts (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). Participants of the study were asked to complete a questionnaire about their sexual experiences and instances of faking orgasm. Results indicated that about half of women reported having faked orgasm while one quarter of men reported doing so (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). This finding supports the societal belief that women fake orgasm more than men do. But it is also important to examine the men who have reported faking orgasm and the motives and mechanism related to doing so. Alcohol consumption and intoxication is a commonly cited reason for faking orgasm during sexual experiences, and was found to be a greater reason in men than in women (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). This could be because alcohol prevented them from reaching orgasm or that they later regretted their choice in partner and were not attracted to them. One thing that was examined in this study which has not been acknowledged in any other studies is the behavioral aspect and faking orgasm and the different ways men achieve it through acting. Because male orgasm contains physical ejaculation, it is thought to be difficult to act out when it is not actually happening. Methods of faking orgasm in this study included bodily acting, vocal acting and verbal acting (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). Men reported more physical methods of acting such as thrusting faster while women reported more vocal methods of acting such as moaning (Meuhlenhard & Shippee, 2010). The myth that men always want sex and therefore should always perform well creates a pressure on men to orgasm during sexual
hand out questionnaires that students are encouraged to fill out concerning their sexual behavior because of no previously recorded research. However, many students failed to respond and Kinsey decided to conduct i...
Yet medical writers voiced more than a certain anxiety as to how to regulate marital pleasure, especially for the female partner. The conjugal "genital act" may have been the best medicine in preventing hysteria and maintaining general health, but only when dispensed in exactly the right dosage. Too much or too little could also unleash fatal female instincts, making marriage not the cure to a woman 's debauchery, past or future, but rather the gateway. Thus, while for men marriage itself seemed to offer enough of a cure for unregulated passion, for women another layer of surveillance was needed: enter the husband, dispenser and moderator of pleasure and passion. '” (Mesch
Masters and Johnson were a pioneering team in the field of human sexuality, both in the domains of research and therapy. William Howell Masters, a gynecologist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1915. Virginia Eshelman Johnson, a psychologist, was born in Springfield, Montana in 1925. To fully appreciate their contribution, it is necessary to see their work in historic context. In 1948, Alfred C. Kinsey and his co-workers, responding to a request by female students at Indiana University for more information on human sexual behavior, published the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. They followed this five years later with Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. These books began a revolution in social awareness of and public attention given to human sexuality. At the time, public morality severely restricted open discussion of sexuality as a human characteristic, and specific sexual practices, especially sexual behaviors that did not lead to procreation. Kinsey's books, which among other things reported findings on the frequency of various sexual practices including homosexuality, caused a furor. Some people felt that the study of sexual behavior would undermine the family structure and damage American society. It was in this climate - one of incipient efforts to break through the denial of human sexuality and considerable resistance to these efforts - that Masters and Johnson began their work. Their primary contribution has been to help define sexuality as a healthy human trait and the experience of great pleasure and deep intimacy during sex as socially acceptable goals. As a physician interested in the nature of sexuality and the sexual experience, William Masters wanted to conduct research that would lead to an objective understanding of these topics. In 1957, he hired Virgina Johnson as a research assistant to begin this research issue. Together they developed polygraph-like instruments that were designed to measure human sexual response. Using these tools, Masters and Johnson initiated a project that ultimately included direct laboratory observation and measurement of 700 men and women while they were having intercourse or masturbating. Based on the data collected in this study, they co-authored the book Human Sexual Response in 1966. In this book, they identify and describe four phases in the human sexual response cycle : excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. By this point in time, the generally repressive attitude toward sexuality was beginning to lift and the book found a ready audience.
References to Kurt Freund’s studies to “assess sexual arousal in men and women” and Alfred Kinsey’s “sexual orientation” scale are made to further explain how sexuality and asexuality are not solid concepts with strict definitions of their own but rather more multifarious. For
In this paper, I will attempt to review the debate on pornography in Chapter 4 - State and Society - of Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, Seventh Edition by John R. Burr and Milton Goldinger.
Masturbation is such a simple concept, yet the controversy over the topic is discussed freely amongst many philosophers. Although the word itself has many definitions, Alan Soble, Alan Goldman, Robert Solomon, and Thomas Nagel all have their own takes of the matter. Finally, in this essay, I will highlight the philosophical opinion of masturbation and the negative connotation it also possesses. Alan Soble defines masturbation as a person who manually rubs the penis or clitoris, in private, until the final orgasm. There were many different attempts at defining masturbation, but Soble could not fully agree with them all because they were flawed.
Does delayed gratification truly affect our success in life? In today’s society, we now live in a hyper connected world where we can do virtually anything all with the click of a button. We constantly strive to become faster and achieve better, but to what effect will delayed gratification have on our success in life? Mischel’s “The Marshmallow Test,” and Berger’s “The Invitation to the Lifespan,” have come to a similar conclusion that not only does delaying gratification in children and adolescents lead to the development of emotional control and can have long term effects in life, but it can also be taught. Although, I have not completed a delayed gratification experiment myself, based on personal experiences, I definitely agree with all
Believe it or not, one in three women have experienced being raped at a party while being intoxicated or unconscious. Because of the recent events involving sexual assault all over the world, many conversations and controversies have come to light, showing a disturbing lack of clarity about the topic of consent. Sexual assault is when someone is coerced into a sexual act or forced. Consent is when someone basically gives you permission or they agree to do something with you, in this case they agree to have sexual intercourse with you. But, if someone were to give you consent while they are intoxicated then that is actually not consent. With so many people not knowing what consent is or how to clarify it, a group of young people, ages 18 and
The website thefreedictionary.com defines sexual arousal as the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behaviour. Which is further explain in the website alleydog.com that it is the body’s involuntary reaction to sexual thoughts or stimuli, in both men and women, arousal involves increased blood flow to the genitals, increased heart rate, and dilation of the pupils. Males experience an erection (swelling of the penis); females experience genital swelling and lubrication. These reactions prepare the body for possible sexual intercourse. These preparations depend upon culture, religion, belief, values, perceptions, places, environment, and surroundings. The findings of the article “A cross cultural study of vaginal practices and
There are no better words then the ones Laurie used in her article about this. Growing up, both from my parents and sex education classes, I thought sex was wrong, bad, and not meant for pleasure. Sexual Education classes gave me false ideas that sex would lead to nothing but rape, sexual transmitted diseases, pregnancy, or an unfulfilled future. These things were all negative and was meant to scare the directed audience of middle and high school aged girls and boys. I think it is crucial for two people who have sex, either casually or because they are in a relationship/married, need to communicate their feelings and what helps them to achieve orgasm. It has been said that several women can never achieve orgasm during sex and this could be fixed with communication. As shown in many pornography clips, women are reaching orgasm through penis stimulation and as Laurie Mintz mentioned, only a small amount of women truly reach orgasm this way. Many reach orgasm through clitoral stimulation. Communication is key and many women forget this small component when it comes to having sex with their partners. Do not be afraid of telling your partner what you enjoy and find
A vast amount of men and women suffer from some type of sexual dysfunction. Researchers have identified a number of factors that may contribute to or perpetuate sexual dysfunction, including, but not limited to, performance anxiety. Performance anxiety is defined as an obsession about the adequate pleasing of one’s partner during the act of sexual intercourse. Rather than focusing on the pleasurable benefits that one can receive from intercourse, the individual experiencing performance anxiety is focused on how well he or she is performing (McCabe, 2005). Oftentimes, someone who suffers from a sexual dysfunction experiences increased performance anxiety because he or she feels that the dysfunction inhibits performance, thus they think the sex is not satisfactory for their partner.
When a man fails to keep and erection strong enough for a sexual intercourse can be considered to be erectile dysfunction. It can be a sign of any health or mental disorder that can be treatable with prop...
Sexual deviance is any behavior with a sexual act that goes against the expectations of the society in which the act was performed. To be considered deviant, there are usually consent issues, the people or things involved create a deviant combination, the specific sexual act and anatomy is outside the realm of socially acceptable, or the place involved is unacceptable (Ritzer, 2007). In American society, it appears according to media accounts, billboard advertisements, and daily observation of the people passing by, sex is bought, sold, and traded in the open market; however, just because we see it everywhere, does not mean that it is socially acceptable. As we learned in the Tittle and Paternoster (2000) article, indiscretion is the deviance
Prause, Nicole, and Cynthia A. Graham. "Asexuality: Classification and Characterization ." Archive of Sex Behavior . 36. (2007): 341. Print.
The American Psychiatric Association does not define atypical sexual interests as a disorder unless it causes personal distress, causes another person psychological or physical injury, or involves a person unwilling or unable to give legal consent. These distinctions were made to show that individuals who engage in atypical sexual behavior must not be inappropriately labeled as having a mental disorder. When we think of sexual orientation, we usually think of the continuum of gay, straight, and bisexual, but sexual orientation is a deep-seated attraction toward a certain kind of person. Erotic desire includes attention, attraction, fantasy, thoughts, urges, genital arousal, and behavior. It is further complicated by variations of dominance or submission, sadism and masochism, fetishes, and consent or no consent. These interests may be single or multiple, exclusive or nonexclusive, idiosyncratic or opportunistic, stable or fluid. Possible legal consequences, lack of opportunity, and unwillingness or inability to act all work to constrain our behavior. The sooner we learn this concerning human sexual behavior, the sooner we shall reach a sound understanding of the realities of sex. The reasons for our sexual choices are analyzed obsessively, imposing an undue emphasis on categorization rather than accepting the great diversity of same-sex attractions. But the act of categorizing all of these atypical sexual attractions does not mean that acting on them is either legal or morally acceptable nor unacceptable. Explanations for all of the elements of our sexual attractions are complex and probably unknowable. All research runs the risk of reductionism, but when research on sexuality focuses exclusively on genital sexual activity --to the exclusion of considerations of attraction, affection and affiliation--it falls short in understanding our