11.30.07
College women orgasm less than men
In a recent survey of more than 4,000 college students across the country, a sociology professor at Stanford University found that women in college orgasm less than half as often as college males during hook-ups…The results showed that 44 percent of men had reached orgasm compared to 19 percent of women.
The discussion in the article concludes that college women are not insisting on their partners giving them the sort of foreplay they may need to reach orgasm, as women are socialized to please their partners but not make demands on them.
At the same time, the men come across as insensitive, for not asking what their partner would like them to do, and for not noticing or caring that she hasn’t come.
Catherine Cornwell, a professor in the psychology department, questioned the validity of England’s study.“Men, according to cultural stereotypes, are supposed to be more interested in sexual satisfaction than women,” she said.
The subjects of the survey may not have been answering England’s survey truthfully and could have been catering to what they thought were socially expected answers, Cornwell said.
Now wait a minute. The guys intentionally gave answers that made them appear to be insensitive louts because they have a reputation to keep up?
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