Abstract

Out of a sample of 2,425 gynecological patients aged 21–40 and married for at least one year, three groups were selected according to the frequency of coital orgasm. The first, orgastic, group contained 1,266 (52.2%) orgastic women, the second group included 466 (19.2%) patients with infrequent orgasms, and the third group consisted of 151 (6.2%) patients whose infrequent orgasms were felt by the examinees as distressing. Significant differences were found between the three groups concerning family environment and childhood, level of education and professional standing, sexual development and life, and in the incidence of psychopathological symptoms. It appears that the insufficient capacity of many women to attain regular orgasms in sexual intercourse is caused by several factors of both biological and psychosocial nature.