title: Women's partnered orgasm consistency is associated with greater duration of penile-vaginal intercourse but not of foreplay.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It has been asserted that women's likelihood or consistency of partnered orgasm (her orgasm as a result of sexual activities with a partner) is determined by duration of foreplay, but not by duration of penile-vaginal intercourse.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to examine the extent to which women's likelihood or consistency of partnered orgasm is associated with duration of foreplay, duration of penile-vaginal intercourse, and age.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a representative sample of the Czech population, 2,360 women reported their consistency of orgasm with a partner (from "never" to "almost every time"), and estimates of their typical durations of foreplay and of penile-vaginal intercourse.
  
  
  METHODS
  The association of consistency of partnered orgasm with typical durations of both foreplay and penile-vaginal intercourse.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In univariate analyses, consistency of partnered orgasm was more associated with penile-vaginal intercourse duration than with foreplay duration (consistency also correlated negatively with age). In multivariate analysis, foreplay ceased to be a significant correlate of partnered orgasm consistency (the exclusion of respondents reporting a penile-vaginal intercourse duration of 1 minute or less did not alter the results).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When both sexual activity categories are examined in tandem on a population level, women's likelihood or consistency of partnered orgasm is associated with penile-vaginal intercourse duration, but not with foreplay duration. In contrast to the assumptions of many sex therapists and educators, more attention should be given to improve the quality and duration of penile-vaginal intercourse rather than foreplay.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Sexology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology*; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009948:Orgasm / Q000502:physiology*; D010413:Penis; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina; D055815:Young Adult