Women climax more frequently if they have high levels of an inward-looking sense known as interoception. Particularly, women who noticed and attend to internal bodily signals – like heartbeats, breathing, and sensual touch sensations – have more frequent orgasms.
This is according to a study – “Interoceptive Awareness and Female Orgasm Frequency and Satisfaction” by Emily Dixon, Giulia L. Poerio, Gerulf Rieger, and Megan Klabunde – that appeared in Brain Sciences.
The study involved 360 women who completed questionnaires about their sexual experiences and interoception levels.
Key findings included:
- approximately 20% of women orgasmed more frequently on their own
- of those who did, similar rates (20%) had orgasm satisfaction
- high levels of interoception were linked to how satisfying orgasms are
“The ability for women to focus their attention on their internal bodily sensations, and trust these sensations, was also associated with increased orgasm satisfaction,” Klabunde said. “Therefore, it is important for women and their partners to trust the woman’s internal bodily experiences during sexual encounters. This is critical for fostering orgasmic satisfaction for both solo but also especially for partnered sexual contexts.”
It is hoped the results can help women improve the lives of women – and their partners – around the world.
“The study “empirically demonstrates that women need to get out of their heads and into their bodies in order to have more frequent and satisfying orgasms. Orgasms are more frequent and satisfying when a woman is able to focus on how her body is feeling,” Klabunde said.
In the end, “better understanding the process to orgasm for women could lead to their increased well-being in addition to boosting relationship satisfaction for women and their partners,” Klabunde ended.
