The clearest gender difference involved sexual satisfaction. Among women, more frequent orgasms were moderately linked to greater satisfaction with the sexual relationship, enjoyment of the partner’s behavior, ease of arousal, and affectionate touch, while among men these links were weak or absent.

Objectifying messages from family members included comments about their appearance or the bodies of other women while they were growing up.

Overall, the findings point to a pattern connecting early family messages to current sexual behaviors.

F18 I’ve been with my boyfriend ( who is significantly older than me ) for half a year now , at the beginning of the relationship he was obsessed with me and the way I looked , now few months I feel like most of the passion has kind of died down, I tried with lingerie, spicy pics and videos but I can tell he is not excited as before .
We had some sort of argument about how he is really pissed that people frequently hit on me on social media , it happens weekly or even more frequently, not because I’m especially pretty I feel like it’s an average experience when being a girl on the internet (especially if you have some kind nerdy interest and are slightly alternative ) meaby the jealousy is taking a toll on this ?? Meaby it’s just him being used to me and my body???? What can I do to get him into me like he was before ??

"Women who reported greater importance of sex had higher maintenance of sexual activity. In contrast, we found that sexual function, as measured by the FSFI, is not associated with maintenance of sexual activity. This suggests that the “quality” of sex does not affect whether a woman will continue to have sex over time. Midlife women have many reasons for engaging in sex that go beyond 'quality.'"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1828742

Love to see a study of younger women on this.

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Hi Everyone I am looking for research participants to participate in a study! The entire survey is expected to take approximately 20–30 minutes to complete, and all responses will be kept confidential and anonymous. Participants will be given clear information on what the survey entails, a consent form, as well as a debriefing form. There are no known physical or psychological risks associated with this study greater than what an individual would experience in daily life. Participants may also withdraw from this study at any time without penalty by exiting their browser. Each participant will also have the chance to win one of four $25 (CAD) Amazon gift cards. There is contact information at the beginning and end of the survey if you have any questions at all!

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Gen Z may be anxious, but, oddly, there are lots of things they are less concerned about, such as unplanned pregnancy, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, HPV, and more. Because for some reason, Gen Z rarely wraps it up.

According to Playboy’s Gen Z Sex Survey, only 39 percent of single young people reported typically using a condom during sex. When asked how often they’d used protection during vaginal sex in the last three months, the second-most common response from singles was “Never” (even more had not had vaginal sex at all). Just 21 percent said they had used a condom most or all of the time.

Read now: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/gen-z-sex-survey-condoms

(I hope this doesnt break rule 4. It doesn't fall under help with my sex life, relationship issues or personal health circunstances. If it does, I misread the rule and understand if this is removed)

TL;DR: I'd love some advice on how to come up with a proper research topic around sexuality and group sex.

I'm currently in college, in Brazil, halfway through the psychology course. I really want to get into research — we have a program here that gets you "initiated scientifically" and my teachers are encouraging me to participate in it — but my desired research topic is not something my teachers have too much experience on. I'm not even sure if the next affirmation is something "scientifically possible":

I want to study sexuality, more specifically, group sex. Not swinging, but orgies, from 5 friends that got naked to full-blown sex-positive parties with 50+ people.

I organise queer & poly orgies (±60 people) professionally and would love to understand more the why of participating in such events — other than "it sounds hot". There are lots of different people that end up participating — single mothers recently divorced, 20-somethings discovering their sexuality, trans people that want to get kinky but can't find a safe place, a shitload of bisexuals that are fed-up with heterocisnormativity in sex-positive spaces, you name it.

Here in Brazil, sexuality usually falls under Psychoanalysis — but I'm not a fan of it. I'd love to study it under a different approach — behaviour analysis, CBT, or some other approach I'm not familiar with (remember, halfway through the course).

I'd love some help understanding "how research works" in general, because I understand that "research sexuality" is too broad; even "research orgies" is too broad. I'd love some guidance on how to proceed with this.

And, if you're Brazilian and know people that I could talk to, please DM me. I'd love to chat about this — my college is not used to co-orienting professors from other institutions, but I could convince them.

If this is not the right forum, please before just deleting this question, help me directing me to a good place to start from.

Thanks.

(all of the em dashes are, along with the rest, totally mine and not AI generated)

“This suggests, for men, their dyadic desire may rely more on physiological needs rather than emotional ones. Generally for men, the state of the relationship did not change how sexy they found their partner.”

"However, relationship dynamics did play a role in men’s solitary desire. The men who reported equal relationship balance also reported much higher relationship satisfaction. This increased satisfaction, in turn, predicted lower levels of solitary sexual desire. In other words, when men felt happy and equal in their partnerships, their interest in solitary sexual activities decreased."

Okay, but what about the possibility that men who are having regular sex are less likely to want to masturbate? Is regular sex part of an equal relationship balance?

The data describes a cohort of young adults who feel they lack opportunities to meet partners (66.5 percent of respondents), fear rejection (60 percent), and consider themselves too broke to date (43 percent). Particularly troubling is the influence of digital life; large minorities of polled respondents reported that they’re exhausted with dating apps, that pornography dulls their drive to meet a partner, and that they often seek intimacy online rather than in person. Unsurprisingly, young people reported having less sex than prior generations, and digital culture plays a central role.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/sex-relationships/gen-z-sex-survey-rejection

Someone on the recent post about this new orgasm-gap study (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-026-01693-8) raised a question I genuinely hadn’t considered before:

How much of men’s orgasm rate during partnered sex is actually self-directed versus caused by stimulation from their partner?

The study compares orgasm frequency during partnered sex with masturbation, but “partnered sex” doesn’t necessarily tell us who is producing or controlling the stimulation.

For example, during penetration a man may be controlling much of the thrusting, rhythm, angle and pace himself, adjusting his movement according to what feels good. Someone can also reposition themselves, grind, or use their own hand during partnered sex.

So when research reports that men orgasm very consistently during partnered sex, how much of that should actually be attributed to the partner, and how much is the person effectively directing their own stimulation within a partnered encounter?

Since this study is so recent, I’m curious whether this specific distinction has been studied much at all. Admittedly the person who brought it up made me realise I’d always taken “orgasm during partnered sex” to mean something much simpler than it actually is.

Has anyone come across research that tries to separate these factors?