Relationship of specific sexual activities to orgasmic latency, pleasure, and difficulty during partnered sex
DL Rowland, TN Kolba�- The journal of sexual medicine, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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Introduction Specific sexual activities during partnered sex are likely to affect orgasmic
parameters, such as latency, pleasure, and difficulty, but such relationships have not been
examined in detail. Aim To ascertain whether specific kinds of sexual activities account for
variation in orgasmic latency, pleasure, and difficulty during partnered sex. Method
Participants were 2,068 women drawn from community-based samples in the United States
and Hungary who completed an investigator-derived questionnaire regarding their sexual�…
parameters, such as latency, pleasure, and difficulty, but such relationships have not been
examined in detail. Aim To ascertain whether specific kinds of sexual activities account for
variation in orgasmic latency, pleasure, and difficulty during partnered sex. Method
Participants were 2,068 women drawn from community-based samples in the United States
and Hungary who completed an investigator-derived questionnaire regarding their sexual�…
Introduction
Specific sexual activities during partnered sex are likely to affect orgasmic parameters, such as latency, pleasure, and difficulty, but such relationships have not been examined in detail.
Aim
To ascertain whether specific kinds of sexual activities account for variation in orgasmic latency, pleasure, and difficulty during partnered sex.
Method
Participants were 2,068 women drawn from community-based samples in the United States and Hungary who completed an investigator-derived questionnaire regarding their sexual history and response, including items related to frequency of masturbation and partnered sex, sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasmic response, orgasmic latency, distress, partner distress, and sexual satisfaction.
Main Outcome Measures
Self-reported orgasmic latency, pleasure, and difficulty during partnered sex were assessed.
Results
Orgasmic pleasure and orgasmic difficulty were related to the types of sexual activities incorporated into partnered sex. Nevertheless, relationship satisfaction played as large a role in both orgasmic parameters. Orgasmic latency, on the other hand, was less affected by the type of sexual activity during partnered sex, but it was also affected by relationship satisfaction and orgasmic difficulty.
Clinical Implication
Addressing relationship satisfaction and expanding the behavioral repertoire of activities during partnered sex may increase sexual satisfaction and mitigate orgasmic difficulty.
Strength & Limitations
The study, well powered and drawing from a multinational population, is 1 of the few to analyze specific types of sexual activity and stimulation during partnered sex. Major limitations were the younger age and self-selection of the sample.
Conclusion
Type and conventionality of sexual activities during partnered sex affect orgasmic pleasure and difficulty.
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