Female orgasm rates are largely independent of other traits: Implications for "female orgasmic disorder" and evolutionary theories of orgasm

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2305-2316

  Zietsch, Brendan P ^a,b   Miller, Geoffrey F ^c   Bailey, J Michael ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunction; Female Orgasmic Disorder; Fitness Traits; Function; Genetic Correlation; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FANTASY; FEMALE; FEMALE ORGASM RATE; FITNESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIBIDO; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; ORGASM; ORGASM DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORY;

EID: 79960848075     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02300.x     Document Type: Article

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