The failure of the female to reach orgasm may also be a source of considerable disappointment to the male… Such failures lead not only to disappointment, frustration, and a sense of defeat, but sometimes to contrary emotional responses which become anger and rage. (Alfred Kinsey)
The question is too broad. You need to narrow it down. I find it impossible to answer with any accuracy in its current form.
I would note, however, that if you are using Kinsey's work as a basis, you will never come to a scientific conclusion. He was a well known fraud in his research, re-defining his terms to fit the results he wanted, rather than doing the research and forming conclusions based on the data.
Alfred Kinsey's work is the most comprehensive and explicit account of human sexuality that we have. The point is that the pressure on women to orgasm from intercourse comes from men. It is not a dysfunction but just the way women are. You are making statements you cannot substantiate.
Jane, first thank you for your many posts on human sexuality. You seem very interested in these topics. Bob has suggested you explore more specific questions and discuss more recent and credible references. That is a good and helpful suggestion. I would love to hear more from your perspective, especially if you are able to bring to our attention recent interesting findings from the literature that challenges and updates our perspectives. Jane, you seem to have the determination and motivation to explore some of these topics in much more depth. Have you considered enrolling in a PhD? What other researchers in this field would you like to study with? Have you started clarifying any potential topics yet? I am sure readers would like to hear more about where you would like go with this strong interest. I mention this because, if you are not already, you seem to have some of the qualities of a fine PhD candidate. Cheers, Geoff
Thanks Geoff for your support. I am currently working on some scientific papers that set out my research approach and the evidence that supports my conclusions. The sexology profession is so far removed in its thinking from my understanding of female sexual response that it doesn't make much sense to try to join them as such. My work over 20 years amounts to much more than a PhD. Einstein didn't have much education at all but he was able to revolutionise the understanding of physics. I am using that kind of role model. If you know what you are talking about, you don't need others to agree with you. Science is about challenging the status quo and I can't do that if I join one of their institutes where they promote male propaganda that tells women how they are supposed to enjoy sexual pleasure. I know how to achieve orgasm alone and I know how to pleasure a man. Sexology is an area where experience counts much more than qualifications.
Thank you Jane for explaining your perspective. Many PhD candidates begin their studies by finding huge knowledge gaps and perceptions that 'so far no one really gets it'. They, just like you, saw the need for a paradigm shift in theory and perspectives, a term first used by the science philosopher Thomas Kuhn. And yes Einstein is a great example of that as well. I felt like that when I started my work investigating the employment needs of people with schizophrenia. At the time few people in medicine or psychiatry, or even in government believed that people with severe mental illnesses could work in open employment. This is called 'fighting the good fight', and it is so necessary and can be done from within the research world. In fact I came to learn that many of my colleagues actually welcomed my fresh ideas and evidence, and were happy to change beliefs once they saw the strength of evidence. They were not resisting, but were intrigued and keen to learn more. Rather than wanting to exclude me from established science, many scientists actually welcomed a fresh perspective and were very interested in reading the new evidence. At conferences my audiences were very engaged and many were supportive. Opponents were not afraid to speak up, so it made for interesting meetings. To advance scientifically, the field needs your perceptions of what is currently wrong in sexology. My hope is that you conduct the highest quality studies you can to show the extent that the evidence supports or not, those perceptions you have articulated so well on this forum. It sounds like you have been doing that for some years now. I would also be interested in reading any of your published papers that you may have available. I should point out that I am a white-anglo-saxon male, near retired, and sexology is not my field. But I can read research papers, and have reviewed many for high quality journals. I am very interested in what you have to say. Sometimes main stream topics need a shake up, and the best way to do that can be from within. From my perspective your different views are necessary to guide future research in this field. It should not be too hard to design studies which can fairly test some of the many hypotheses that might follow from your perspectives. You have probably done a lot of that already. Please send me some reports if you can and stay in touch, as I am very interested in seeing where this could go. Thanks for your many interesting contributions on this topic. Best regards, Geoff.
My approach (over many years) has involved challenging all the assumptions that are made about female sexuality because we expect women to respond sexually and emotionally as men do. I do not rely on anecdotal evidence (from orgasm claims and erotic fiction). I use the following sources of authoritative evidence to support my conclusions: (1) interpreting the research findings; (2)the biological precedents; (3) men and women’s sexual behaviours; (4) defining sexual response; (5) female masturbation and (6) female response to a lover. My aim is to differentiate erotic responsiveness from emotional rewards with a lover. I am looking for reviewers so let me know if you are interested and likely to have time in the next couple of months. I will need your email address - please write to me at [email protected].
Thanks Jane, I will contact you directly. Best regards, Geoff.