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4. Why Do Women Fake Orgasms?

It seems like such a stupid thing to do. Why would you pretend to enjoy something you're not? Well, it turns out that it's pretty complicated. A team of psychologists drew up a list of no fewer than 63 reasons why a woman might fake an orgasm and then divided them into three sub-categories: Improve Partner€™s Sexual Experience, Deception and Manipulation, and Hiding Sexual Disinterest. One of the main motives thought to be behind "fakin' it til you're makin' it" is partner retention. In another study (which, by the way, featured a whopping 303 reasons), found that the likelihood of an individual woman to fake an orgasm is a good predictor of their score on the Mate Retention Inventory (i.e. how good they are at keeping their bloke interested). If a guy can successfully produce paroxysms of pleasure in his bedfellow, then he is more likely to feel good about the experience and is more likely to come back for more. With more and more emphasis being placed on the "mysterious" female orgasm, the effect is compounded. If his best moves are not producing the desired effect, he is more likely to be dissatisfied and move on. Obviously, there are many other reasons why (302 more, remember?) why someone might fake it, from embarrassment at not being able to (that emphasis on the female orgasm goes both ways), to actually using it as a way of turning herself on.