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8/28/2017 Intercourse isn't everything for most women -- try 'outercourse' - CNN
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Intercourse isn't everything for most women, says
study -- try 'outercourse'
Updated 10:32 AM ET, Mon August 28, 2017
By Ian Kerner, CNN
Story highlights
About 18% of women in a new study reported
being able to climax from vaginal penetration
alone
"Outercourse" includes kissing, touching,
erotic massage and using sex toys
Editor's Note: Ian Kerner is a licensed couples therapist,
writer and contributor on the topic of sex for CNN.
(CNN) — Many of us equate "sex" with "intercourse" and use
those words interchangeably. Yet highly satisfying sex doesn't
have to be limited to penetration -- and doesn't even have to
include it at all.
According to a recent study, many women report that they
require clitoral stimulation to have an orgasm.
For the study, Debby Herbenick, director of the Center for
Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University and a research
fellow and sexual health educator at the Kinsey Institute, and
her colleagues assessed data from 1,055 women ages 18 to
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her colleagues assessed data from 1,055 women ages 18 to
94 who answered a detailed online survey about their sex
lives. "Our purpose was to understand more about women's
experiences with ... the kinds of touch they find pleasurable
and how clitoral and vaginal stimulation contribute to their
orgasms," she explained.
In reading cher results, I'm struck by the idea that the majority
of women report that they often don't reach orgasm through
intercourse alone. This flies in the face of the stereotype of
intercourse as the be-all and end-all of sexual activity -- and
suggests that couples should explore the whole range of
pleasurable options for achieving climax. The study contained
a few compelling findings worth enumerating.
Intercourse isn't everything
This study found that only about 18% of women reported being able to climax during intercourse from vaginal
penetration alone. About 36% said they needed clitoral stimulation in order to orgasm during intercourse, and
another 36% said it enhanced the experience. Yet, many women still fake orgasm during intercourse, according to
therapist Laurie Mintz, author of the new book "Becoming Cliterate."
"The main reasons they give for faking is that they want to appear 'normal' and want to make their male partners
feel good," she said.
"This is one of the saddest and most common problems I deal with in my clinical practice," added Anita Ho |
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