| Title |
Do Women Pretend Orgasm to Retain a Mate?
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, November 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-011-9874-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Farnaz Kaighobadi, Todd K. Shackelford, Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford |
| Abstract |
The current study tested the hypothesis that women pretend orgasm as part of a broader strategy of mate retention. We obtained self-report data from 453 heterosexual women (M age, 21.8 years) in a long-term relationship (M length, 32.8 months) drawn from universities and surrounding communities in the southeastern United States. The results indicated that (1) women who perceived higher risk of partner infidelity were more likely to report pretending orgasm, (2) women who reported greater likelihood of pretending orgasm also reported performing more mate retention behaviors, and (3) women's perceptions of partner infidelity risk mediated the relationship between pretending orgasm and the performance of cost-inflicting mate retention behaviors, such as Intersexual Negative Inducements ("Flirted with someone in front of my partner") and Intrasexual Negative Inducements ("Yelled at a woman who looked at my partner"). Thus, pretending orgasm may be part of a broader strategy of mate retention performed by women who perceive higher risk of partner infidelity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 24% |
| Philippines | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 13 | 62% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 86% |
| Scientists | 3 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 5% |
| Czechia | 3 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 31 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 75. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2024.
All research outputs
#574,004
of 25,457,297 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#327
of 3,752 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,918
of 244,766 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#3
of 30 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,457,297 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,752 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 244,766 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 30 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its contemporaries.