An expert has claimed to solve the puzzle as to why women climax less than men.
A professor at the University of Florida found just four percent of heterosexual women orgasm through penetration, but 96 percent of women can do so by clitoris stimulation.
Other studies have found that women also orgasm faster when pleasuring themselves – an average of eight minutes, compared to 14 minutes during sex.
The professor blames the disparity between sexes on films and TV series, which consistently show women orgasm during intercourse.
A psychology professor is shining a light on the gender orgasm gap where women are climaxing
Professor Laurie Mintz recently shared her findings in The Conversation, highlighting the misconception of female orgasms.
‘Indeed, educating people on the fact that women don’t have a limited biological capacity for orgasm is important,’ she wrote.
‘Likewise, education for both men and women about the clitoris could be a game-changer.’
She discussed a 2017 study conducted by researchers at Chapman University who asked more than 50,000 Americans about their climax frequency.
The sample group included: heterosexual men, gay men, bisexual men, lesbian women and heterosexual women.
‘Heterosexual men were most likely to say they usually-always orgasmed when sexually intimate (95%), followed by gay men (89%), bisexual men (88%), lesbian women (86%), bisexual women (66%), and heterosexual women (65%),’ reads the study.
The expert asked ‘thousands of women’ the best way to climax, and just four percent said penetration, while 96 percent answered through clitoral stimulation.
However, the team found that women reported climaxing more frequently when receiving more oral sex.
‘Women were more likely to orgasm if their last sexual encounter included deep kissing, manual genital stimulation, and/or oral sex in addition to vaginal intercourse,’ the researchers wrote.
Mintz noted that at least 92 percent of women orgasm when pleasuring themselves.
A 2018 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that women also tend to climax faster during masturbation than during sex with a partner.
The research included 2,304 women who completed a questionnaire about their health, lifestyle habits, sexual history and activities, orgasms and distress.
On average, the women reached orgasm in 14 minutes during partnered sex but climaxed in eight minutes while pleasuring themselves.
Mintz suggested partners should ‘take turns having orgasms using oral sex or manual stimulation, along with using a vibrator during intercourse.
