Don't feel bad, ladies, 25% of men have faked orgasms too.

[Bonobo]

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/no-lie-ladies-quarter-guys-will-fake-orgasm-too-8C11275301

“Men tend to fake for similar reasons that women fake: to help their partner's ego, to not hurt their partner's feelings, to end sex so that they can go to sleep or go home,” said Debby Herbenick, co-director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University.

A survey of more than 1,000 U.S. men, conducted by DatingAdvice.com and published this month, found that divorced men are 67 percent more likely to simulate an orgasm than are single men. According to a survey published by the website in March – also spanning more than 1,000 American males – 22 percent of respondents owned up to faking.

Those findings are consistent with past sex-health studies, although some researchers have found that one in three guys have offered pretend orgasms, Herbenick said. (Not to get too graphic, but at this point you may be wondering how on earth this is possible, and the answer is most likely "condoms.&quot

"The main reason men fake it is to avoid having to talk about any potential sex issue. The fear is that not having an orgasm – and telling the truth about it – could generate anxiety in their partner and invite endless discussion," Meyers said. "Men would rather avoid the issue altogether than confront it directly."

[loli phabay]

1. one thing i can say with 100% certainty is i have never faked one.

[Bonobo]

2. Sure! I believe you!

That's the spirit!

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It's easy to do. Done it several times.

Sometimes, it is better to end the session.

[Bonobo]

5. "End the session".

Well put!

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I like to pretend I'm faking an orgasm, and then have an actual one.

Preferably, in a Manhattan Deli.

[In_The_Wind]

6. It sucks when that happens.

[Upton]

7. I was gonna ask how..but then I saw the reference to condoms...

Actually, I don't remember ever trying to fake it, but me and my partner have given up at times in the past mostly because we were too loaded.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. So much of the debate about orgasms is "satisfaction"....

....as opposed to the simple biological release.

I can honestly say I've had a physical orgasm, but not felt satisfied with how the encounter went. And yeah, there have been times when I "overacted" the moment to give my partner an ego boost. I have no doubt it's been done to me too.

[Bonobo]

9. Absolutely.

But I find the "meme" that it is only women who would fake satisfaction to be interesting.

The clear subtext is "Men are so full of themselves -such CHILDREN with egos- that they can be easily fooled by the smarter women."

The irony is, of course, that in believing so, women would, in fact, be the ones with egotistical blindspot.

Reminds me of the joke: "The silent treatment: We make them THINK we don't like it."