Orgasm gap

The orgasm gap or pleasure gap is the disparity in sexual satisfaction—specifically the unequal frequency in achieving orgasm during sexual encounters—between heterosexual men and women. Across every demographic that has been studied, women report the lowest frequency of reaching orgasm during sexual encounters with men. Researchers believe that multiple causes contribute to the orgasm gap.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Orgasm gap researcher Laurie Mintz argues that the primary reason for this form of gender inequality is due to "our cultural ignorance of the clitoris" and that it is commonplace to "mislabel women's genitals by the one part (the vagina) that gives men, but not women, reliable orgasms."[11][5]

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  3. ^ Rowland, Katherine (4 February 2020). The pleasure gap : American women and the unfinished sexual revolution. Basic Books. ISBN 9781580058360. OCLC 1101505802.
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  8. ^ Williams, Lisa (31 July 2019). "Why are women still having fewer orgasms than men?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  10. ^ Towne, Angela (2019). "Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm". The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. 28 (1): 68–80. doi:10.3138/cjhs.2018-0022. ISSN 1188-4517. S2CID 151306177.
  11. ^ Mintz, Laurie B. (15 May 2018). Becoming cliterate : why orgasm equality matters -- and how to get it. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-266455-6. OCLC 1041864181.