Women's partnered orgasm consistency is associated with greater duration of penile-vaginal intercourse but not of foreplay

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-141

  Weiss, Petr ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Foreplay; Orgasm; Sexual Intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 58149508280     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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