Janssen Alexandra K, Csako Rita I, Rowland David L, Hevesi Krisztina
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Int J Sex Health. 2025 Feb 22;37(2):251-262. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2025.2464535. eCollection 2025.
Orgasms have become a symbol of successful sex in modern society. It is common knowledge that women's orgasms can be elusive in heterosexual partnered sex. To ascertain the impact of this disparity and to better understand women's sexuality for clinical applications, this study explores the relationship between women's orgasms and their relationship satisfaction in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
This cross-sectional study utilises data from an online questionnaire. A stepwise logistic regression model building exercise was run on select orgasm variables (consistency, pleasure, and difficulty) and covariates (age, frequency of sex, and self-rated importance of sex) to determine which variables best predicted sexual relationship satisfaction.
Notably, more consistent orgasms and more frequent sex were the strongest predictors of sexual relationship satisfaction. The relationship between orgasmic variables and sexual relationship satisfaction was curvilinear, with satisfaction increasing only up to a certain point.
These findings demonstrate an association between women's orgasms and their relationship satisfaction. Consistent with research in other Western populations, sex and relationship therapists working with women aiming to improve their sexual relationship satisfaction might achieve better outcomes by focusing on interventions that increase the frequency of sex and/or improve orgasm consistency. Nevertheless, reaching orgasm every time is neither necessary nor necessarily better for a woman's satisfaction, information that might help couples manage distress when orgasm does not occur and reduce a goal-oriented mindset that might hinder both orgasm and sexual pleasure.
在现代社会，性高潮已成为成功性行为的象征。众所周知，在异性伴侣性行为中，女性达到性高潮可能并非易事。为了确定这种差异的影响，并更好地理解女性的性特征以应用于临床，本研究探讨了在新西兰/奥特亚罗瓦地区女性性高潮与其关系满意度之间的关系。
这项横断面研究使用了在线调查问卷的数据。针对选定的性高潮变量（一致性、愉悦感和难度）以及协变量（年龄、性行为频率和自我评定的性行为重要性）进行逐步逻辑回归模型构建，以确定哪些变量最能预测性关系满意度。
值得注意的是，性高潮更具一致性以及性行为频率更高是性关系满意度最强的预测因素。性高潮变量与性关系满意度之间的关系呈曲线状，满意度仅在达到某一点之前会增加。
这些发现表明了女性性高潮与其关系满意度之间存在关联。与其他西方人群的研究一致，为旨在提高性关系满意度的女性提供服务的性与关系治疗师，通过专注于增加性行为频率和/或改善性高潮一致性的干预措施，可能会取得更好的效果。然而，每次都达到性高潮对于女性的满意度而言既非必要条件，也不一定更好，这一信息可能有助于伴侣在未达到性高潮时应对困扰，并减少可能阻碍性高潮和性愉悦的目标导向思维模式。
