Do women pretend orgasm to retain a mate

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1121-1125

  Kaighobadi, Farnaz ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b   Weekes Shackelford, Viviana A ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Female orgasm; Infidelity risk; Mate retention; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGASM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84869220192     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9874-6     Document Type: Article

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