Religious Affiliation and the Frequency of Orgasms

Last updated on: May 24, 2012 at 10:44 am by Bradley Wright

Religious Affiliation and the Frequency of Orgasms 2012-05-24T10:44:00-05:00 Bradley Wright

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A apropos of nothing, here are some data about religion and sex. They come from the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS). This study, was conducted by Edward Laumann, of the University of Chicago, in 1994, so it’s getting a bit old, but it remains a great study on the topic. It collected data from 3,400+ people nationwide on just about every aspect of sexual behavior. Fortunately, for my purposes, it also collected data on religious affiliation.

From the NHSLS, here are the percentage of respondents who report “always having an orgasm” when they have sex with their primary partner.

Men

79%, Catholics

75%, no religious affiliation

75%, conservative protestants

73%, mainline protestants

66%, other religion

Women

33%, conservative protestants

27%, mainline protestants

27%, Catholics

22%, no religious affiliation

There isn’t a lot of difference for men, but there looks to be a religious effect for women.

Maybe this explains why women tend to be much more religious than men?

Thoughts?

Brad Wright

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