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1978-2024

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Women's Experiences With Genital Touching, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Results From a U.S. Probability Sample of Women Ages 18 to 94

Herbenick D et al., 2018 · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Study	Author / Year	Source
Women's Experiences With Genital Touching, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Results From a U.S. Probability Sample of Women Ages 18 to 94	Herbenick D et al., 2018	Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
'OMG, Yes!': Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an Online Intervention for Female Sexual Pleasure	Hensel DJ et al., 2021	Journal of Sex Research
Women's Techniques for Making Vaginal Penetration More Pleasurable: Results from a Nationally Representative Study of Adult Women in the United States	Hensel DJ et al., 2021	PLOS ONE
Women's techniques for pleasure from anal touch: Results from a U.S. probability sample of women ages 18-93	Hensel DJ et al., 2022	PLOS ONE
Clitorally Stimulated Orgasms Are Associated With Better Control of Sexual Desire, and Not Associated With Depression or Anxiety, Compared With Vaginally Stimulated Orgasms	Prause N et al., 2016	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Women's Experience of Orgasm During Intercourse (Question Semantics Affect Women's Reports and Men's Estimates of Orgasm Occurrence)	Shirazi T et al., 2018	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Body Movement Is Associated With Orgasm During Vaginal Intercourse in Women	Bischof-Campbell A et al., 2019	Journal of Sexual Medicine
Clitoral stimulation during penile-vaginal intercourse: A phenomenological study exploring sexual experiences in support of female orgasm	Towne A et al., 2019	Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
Differences in Orgasm Frequency Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men and Women in a U.S. National Sample	Frederick DA et al., 2018	Archives of Sexual Behavior
The lifelong orgasm gap: exploring age's impact on orgasm rates	Gesselman AN et al., 2024	Sexual Medicine
Orgasm Equality: Scientific Findings and Societal Implications	Mahar EA et al., 2020	Current Sexual Health Reports
Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience	Denenberg MF et al., 2023	Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
Am I normal? A systematic review and construction of nomograms for flaccid and erect penis length and circumference in up to 15,521 men	Veale D et al., 2015	BJU International
Female genital appearance: "normality" unfolds	Lloyd J et al., 2005	BJOG
Female social and sexual interest across the menstrual cycle: the roles of pain, sleep and hormones	Guillermo CJ et al., 2010	BMC Women's Health
Menopause and Sexuality	Thornton K et al., 2015	Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
The effect of diurnal variation on clinical measurement of serum testosterone and other sex hormone levels in men	Brambilla DJ et al., 2009	Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Normal male sexual function: emphasis on orgasm and ejaculation	Alwaal A et al., 2015	Fertility and Sterility
He is a Stud, She is a Slut! A Meta-Analysis on the Continued Existence of Sexual Double Standards	Endendijk JJ et al., 2020	Personality and Social Psychology Review
Sexual scripts among young heterosexually active men and women: continuity and change	Masters NT et al., 2013	Journal of Sex Research
The Impact of Performance-Based Scripts on Men's Sexual Communication to Peers	Jampel JD et al., 2021	Archives of Sexual Behavior
A controlled study to evaluate directed masturbation in the management of primary orgasmic failure in women	Riley AJ et al., 1978	British Journal of Psychiatry
Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women	Brotto LA et al., 2014	Behavior Research and Therapy
Internet-Based Interventions for Women's Sexual Dysfunction	van Lankveld J et al., 2016	Current Sexual Health Reports
The effectiveness of an Internet-based psychological treatment program for female sexual dysfunction	Jones LM et al., 2011	Journal of Sexual Medicine

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