The Weird Way Other Women Impact Your Ability to Orgasm

Aren’t orgasming as much as you’d like? You may need to talk to other women—and not for advice.

According to a new study from Michigan’s Oakland University, women are more likely to have an orgasm during sex when they think other women think their partner is hot.

For the study, researchers had 439 women in committed heterosexual relationships report on when they last had sex, whether they orgasmed, their personal assessment of their partner’s sexiness, and how they thought other women perceived their guy’s attractiveness. Their findings: Women who had orgasms were more likely to think their man was attractive and to think that other women thought he was attractive too.

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Why do we care so much about what other women think? Researchers hypothesize that it’s due to the creepy-sounding “sexy son” theory. Essentially, women want to have sex with a man who is considered sexy in hopes that their sons will pick up those attractive traits. As a result, the son would then be considered sexy to other women and more likely to carry on their genes.

So in a nutshell, your future unborn children are affecting your ability to orgasm.

While the study is fascinating, there are a few things that seem a little off. One, researchers only asked whether women had an orgasm during the last time they had sex. According to Planned Parenthood statistics, as many as one in three women can have trouble reaching orgasm during sex, so that discounts a large number of women who probably think their partner is sexy but just didn’t have an O.

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Two, the study also didn’t ask about factors like stress that can definitely affect a woman’s ability to orgasm. It’s possible it just didn’t happen the last time around for some women who participated because of an outlier.

And three, it makes the assumption that all women want to have children one day.

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However, the (admittedly disturbing) theory still makes a certain amount of sense. The next time you’re on an orgasm dry spell, maybe post a hot photo of your man on Facebook and revel in the likes and comments. At the very least, it’ll boost his ego…and hopefully your libido.