Orgasm equality: Scientific findings and societal implications

EA Mahar, LB Mintz, BM Akers - Current Sexual Health Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Studies have consistently found that there is a gendered
orgasm gap, with men experiencing orgasm more frequently than women in heterosexual …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual incentive motivation, sexual behavior, and general arousal: Do rats and humans tell the same story?

A Ågmo, E Laan - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Sexual incentive stimuli activate sexual motivation and heighten the level of general arousal.
The sexual motive may induce the individual to approach the incentive, and eventually to …

In pursuit of pleasure: A biopsychosocial perspective on sexual pleasure and gender

ETM Laan, V Klein, MA Werner… - … Journal of Sexual …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Various sources of evidence suggest that men and women differ in their
experience of sexual pleasure. Such gender differences have been attributed to men's …

[BUCH][B] Gender: Sociological Perspectives

LL Lindsey - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
A landmark publication in the social sciences, Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most
comprehensive textbook to explore gender sociologically, as a critical and fundamental …

[BUCH][B] The tenacity of the couple-norm: Intimate citizenship regimes in a changing Europe

S Roseneil, I Crowhurst, T Hellesund, AC Santos… - 2020 - library.oapen.org
The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-
normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting …

[BUCH][B] The social psychology of gender: How power and intimacy shape gender relations

LA Rudman, P Glick - 2021 - books.google.com
Noted for its accessibility, this text--now revised and updated to reflect a decade of advances
in the field--examines how attitudes and beliefs about gender profoundly shape all aspects …

Women get worse sex: A confound in the explanation of gender differences in sexuality

TD Conley, V Klein - Perspectives on psychological science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Gender differences in sexuality have gained considerable attention both within and outside
of the scientific community. We argue that one of the main unacknowledged reasons for …

The health benefits of sexual expression

WL Gianotten, JC Alley, LM Diamond - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Sexual activity is a fundamental human function with short-term and long-term
emotional, social, and physical benefits. Yet within healthcare, sexuality has been …

The big “O”: Sociocultural influences on orgasm frequency and sexual satisfaction in women

AM Lentz, Y Zaikman - Sexuality & Culture, 2021 - Springer
Previous research revealed a gap in orgasm frequency between men and women, with
women orgasming less frequently than men. Because female orgasms are rooted partially in …

Heterosexual young adults' experience with and perceptions of the orgasm gap: A mixed methods approach

GM Wetzel, DT Sanchez - Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The “orgasm gap” refers to the finding that cisgender men, on average, have more orgasms
than cisgender women during heterosexual partnered sex. In the current research, we …