Experimental Sex Practiced More Often By Americans

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About 85 percent of men reported in a study that their partner had an orgasm during their most recent sexual event. The number dropped to 64 percent when women were asked whether they reached climax their last time.

The difference is probably due to poor communication between the genders, said Pepper Schwartz, a professor of sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle who wasn’t involved in the survey. Research like this can help people talk to each other about sex, she said in a telephone interview.