Female coital orgasm and male attractiveness

Abstract

Female coital orgasm may be an adaptation for preferentially retaining the sperm of males with "good genes." One indicator of good genes may be physical attractiveness. Accordingly, R. Thornhill, S. W. Gangestad, and R. Comer (1995) found that women mated to more attractive men reported an orgasm during a greater proportion of copulations than did women mated to less attractive men. The current research replicates this finding, with several design variations. We collected self-report data from 388 women residing in the United States or in Germany. Results support the hypothesis that women mated to more attractive men are more likely to report an orgasm at the most recent copulation than are women mated to less attractive men, after statistically controlling for several key variables. Discussion addresses (a) the inability of the present research to specify the causal link between female orgasm and male attractiveness and (b) the proactive nature of female sexuality documented in recent research guided by an evolutionary perspective.KEY WORDS: Evolutionary psychology; Female coital orgasm; Male attractiveness.Female coital o r g a s m m a y be an adaptation for preferentially retaining the s p e r m of males with " g o o d genes" (Baker and Bellis 1993; ThornhiU et al. 1995). One indicator of good genes m a y be physical attractiveness, a heri-

Physische Attraktivität und soziale Ungleichheit. Einige grundsätzliche Anmerkungen zu einem in der soziologischen Forschung kaum beachteten Prädiktor sozialer Ungleichheit

“…Selbst in der soziologischen Partnerschaftsforschung sucht man mit Blick auf die Entstehung, die Dynamik und die Stabilität von Paarbeziehungen weitgehend vergeblich nach Hinweisen auf den Einuss der physischen Attraktivität (vgl. Lenz 2009 (Ackard et al 2000;Gangestad/Thornhill 1997;Langlois et al 2000;Mazur et al 1994;Shackelford et al 2000;Thornhill et al 1995 Braun et al 2003;Grammer 2002;Gründl 2007 Ritter et al 1991;White Stephan/Langlois 1984). Dies schlieÿt sogar die eigenen Mütter ein, die ihren Neugeborenen umso mehr Zärtlichkeiten geben, je attraktiver diese sind (Langlois et al 1995;.…”

Immature psychological defense mechanisms and the misrepresentations of some sex researchers

“…It is not only that vaginal orgasm occurs more consistently when the woman is in better psychological or psychophysiological health (Brody, 2007b(Brody, , 2010Brody & Weiss, 2011b;, 2012a, vaginal orgasm also happens more consistently when the male partner has better erections and longer intravaginal ejaculatory latency (Brody & Weiss, 2010), as well as when intimate relationships are more satisfactory (Brody, 2007b;Brody & Weiss, 2011b;Costa & Brody, 2007). Also, women's coital orgasm is more likely when the male partner has characteristics that indicate enhanced fitness, such as greater physical attractiveness, body symmetry and masculinity (Puts,Welling,244 S. Brody et al Burriss, & Dawood, 2012;Shackelford et al, 2000;Thornhill, Gangestad, & Comer, 1995). In contrast, capacity for orgasm from noncoital sex is unrelated to these male attributes (Puts et al, 2012;Thornhill et al, 1995).…”

Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses Regarding Individual Differences in Human Mating Strategies

“…This is broadly referred to as the sire-choice hypothesis of female orgasm. In keeping with this theory, a number of studies have observed that orgasm rate is higher with more attractive and masculine partners (Andersson, 1994;Gallup Jr, Ampel, Wedberg, & Pogosjan, 2014;Grammer, Fink, Møller, & Thornhill, 2003;Shackelford et al, 2000), though it is unsurprising that women are more likely to orgasm with males they are more attracted to.…”

“…Most research investigating partner traits and female orgasm rely on women's ratings of their partner (Andersson, 1994;Grammer et al, 2003) or their partner's perceived attractiveness to others (Gallup Jr et al, 2014;Shackelford et al, 2000). Such designs introduce alternative explanations regarding causality as women may grow to view their partners more favourably if they experience more orgasms with them, which could cloud subjective reporting of attractiveness and masculinity.…”

“…Several studies have found that orgasm rate is higher with more attractive partners (Andersson, 1994;Gallup Jr et al, 2014;Grammer et al, 2003;Shackelford et al, 2000). Most relied on women's reports regarding her own partner, or women's reports of how attractive her friends would find her partner (Gallup Jr et al, 2014;Shackelford et al, 2000), though Thornhill et al (1995) and found the same effect with independent ratings of partners.…”