Lesbians Have More Orgasms Than Straight Women, Study Finds

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A new study suggests that lesbians have more orgasms than straight women, and the difference could be attributed to sexual scripts and expectations. Previous research has shown that men have more orgasms than women, creating an orgasm gap. However, this study found that lesbians have orgasm rates similar to men, indicating that the gap is not inherently biological.

Research over the last decade has found that lesbians have more orgasms than straight women , but questions remained as to why. A new study published in Sage this month found that these differences when it comes to pleasure could be in part due to sexual scripts — or what people expect to happen during sex based on what they’ve seen in movies, television or even pornography.

The average sexual script, or what people expect to happen during sex based on TV, culture and more, between a man and a woman, according to the study, includes foreplay, then vaginal intercourse, from which the man orgasms, and then sex ends. “This heterosexual script prioritizes the man’s orgasm, as intercourse alone is associated with the lowest orgasm frequency for women,” the study said.

Lesbians Orgasms Straight Women Sexual Scripts Expectations Orgasm Gap Research Study

 

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