Development and Initial Psychometric Assessment of the Reasons for Pretending Orgasm Inventory

Research suggests that women pretend orgasm with their partner as a mate retention strategy, but the cognitive reasons behind this deception are not well known. To explore women's cognitive reasons for pretending orgasm, we first assembled a list of the reasons women report for pretending orgas...

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Main Authors: Mark G. McCoy, Lisa L. M. Welling, Todd K. Shackelford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491501300108