Fake News? Did Ya Know Straight Women Have Fewest Orgasms

Whew! ....say what? Now we gotta think about An Orgasm Gap?
Is the  gap between men’s and women’s - straight and lesbian - frequency of orgasm is impacted by social forces that privilege male pleasure, or are there ways to improve the joys of sex?
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In an article published on 24 Feb 2017 in BBC News results of a study suggest heterosexual women have fewer orgasms than men or lesbian or bisexual women.
The findings came from a study of 52,600 people in the US, exploring the "orgasm gap" between the genders and different sexual orientations. People in the U.S. in general?
Mebbe not. The findings were found in the State of Indiana - and that could be a different Midwestern state of mind.
The study, by Indiana University, Chapman University and Claremont Graduate University, showed the proportion of people who usually orgasmed was:

65% of heterosexual women

66% of bisexual women

86% of lesbian women

88% of bisexual men

89% of gay men

95% of heterosexual men

Here's the original study
Differences in Orgasm Frequency Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men and Women in a U.S. National Sample
Abstract: There is a notable gap between heterosexual men and women in frequency of orgasm during sex. Little is known, however, about sexual orientation differences in orgasm frequency. We examined how over 30 different traits or behaviors were associated with frequency of orgasm when sexually intimate during the past month.
Link > Springer
Authors: David A. Frederick, H. Kate St. John, Justin R. Garcia, Elisabeth A. Lloyd

Original Paper First Online: 17 February 2017

Received: 19 August 2015
Revised: 06 January 2017
Accepted: 07 January 2017

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-017-0939-z

 

 

The research team said: "The findings, however, indicate that this orgasm gap can be reduced.
"The fact that lesbian women orgasmed more often than heterosexual women indicates that many heterosexual women could experience higher rates of orgasm
The researchers looked at other behaviors:
Few heterosexual women climaxed through penetrative sex alone, the report said.
The study showed that "of particular importance was incorporating oral sex along with other activities during a sexual encounter".
There was a clear pattern between more oral sex and more orgasms in heterosexual women, lesbian women, bisexual women, gay men and bisexual men.
Only in straight men was no link detected
The report authors said there were both social and evolutionary ideas around why men and women have different rates of orgasm.
For example a stigma against women expressing sexual desire hampering sexual discovery and a belief in some men that most women orgasm from penetrative sex.
And from an evolutionary perspective they suggested the male and female orgasms served different purposes which could also have an effect.
This male orgasm is all about ejaculation to ensure reproduction while in women it "facilitates bonding with a long-term romantic partner", the report said