Your Partner Knows if you are Faking Orgasm: Study

Sexual partners can spot fake orgasms and pretentious acts of sexual satisfaction, according to a study.

A study by the researchers from the University of Waterloo found that both men and women can identify emotions and ascertain their partner's level of satisfaction during sexual activity. Experts studied 84 heterosexual couples who were married or lived together and used participants' self-reported data on sexual relations, levels of satisfaction, commitment, relation satisfaction and emotion recognition ability.

It was found that men and women were equally receptive and informed about their partners' preferences and sexual satisfaction. Furthermore, researchers also found that partners' ability to correctly identify emotions, involvement and communication can help improve sexual relations.

Erin Fallis, study author and researcher at the department of psychology from the University of Waterloo, said in a news release, "We found that, on average, both men and women have fairly accurate and unbiased perceptions of their partners' sexual satisfaction. We also found that having good communication about sexual issues helped participants to understand their partners' sexual satisfaction. However, even if sexual communication was lacking, a person could still be fairly accurate in gauging his or her partner's sexual satisfaction if he or she was able to read emotions well."

According to the authors, couples develop some sort of 'scripts' or routines in their regular sexual activity that makes them more aware of their partners' genuine responses and faked expressions of orgasm.   

Fallis added, "We believe that having the ability to accurately gauge each other's sexual satisfaction will help partners to develop sexual scripts that they both enjoy. Specifically, being able to tell if their partners are sexually satisfied will help people decide whether to stick with a current routine or try something new."

Women sometimes fake orgasm during sex to save their relation and marriage. These findings can helps couples to shed their inhibitions and false assumptions about relationships and intimacy. The authors plan on investigating further to understand how a partner's accuracy in predicting emotion and satisfaction impacts a long-term relationship.

More information is available in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.