Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. Over half of women have faked an orgasm. Surprised? Probably not.

Researchers have long been fascinated by the female orgasm. It isn’t necessary for a woman to orgasm during sexual intercourse to become pregnant. By contrast, in men, orgasm and ejaculation are ...

Rare peri-orgasmic symptoms, including emotional or physical responses, are generally benign and part of normal women’s ...

Among sex researchers, the “orgasm gap” refers to the consistent finding that women tend to orgasm less frequently than men. The question of why this is true is complicated. First, orgasm frequency in ...

The orgasm gap, the phenomenon in which men have more frequent and regular orgasms during partnered sex than women, has been well documented in the research. Many factors influence orgasm. Biological, ...