Scientists find out how first sex affects women

The first sexual experience is quite significant for a woman and not only in the fact of intimacy itself but also in the way it influences her further sexual life.

As told by Medicalxpress quoting an article by Diana Peragine, a doctor in psychology, "A Learning Experience? Enjoyment at Sexual Debut and the Gender Gap in Sexual Desire among Emerging Adults" published in the Journal of Sex Research, a woman's first sexual experience has a lasting impact on a heterosexual woman's sexual desire later in life. Moreover, much depends on how pleasurable the first was.

"It is believed that women have a weaker sex drive than men, supposedly their libido differences are large and remain consistently so throughout life. Women are said to want sex less than men," Peragine said.

However, the expert has a different opinion and sexual desire. She believes it has nothing to do wth gender, as many still think.

The doctor drew her conclusions from a study of 838 adult heterosexual women. Women were found to differ from men in their desire for sex with a partner only if their first experience of sex was not pleasurable, i.e. if they did not experience an orgasm in their "first time."

"Women, compared to men, were half as likely to report being satisfied at first intercourse and about eight times less likely to experience an orgasm," Peragine shared.

She also noted that women who experienced an orgasm at first intercourse were more interested in having sex later in life.

"This can serve as a 'learning experience' for many. It is also  important in developing expectations that sex can be pleasurable and beliefs that we deserve and are entitled to enjoy it," she said.

The doctor emphasized that women's lower sexual desire is due to a lack of pleasure during their first intercourse, not to their gender.

Ultimately, she hopes that a study demonstrating that women's lower sex drive may be related to differences in experience rather than gender will inspire other studies of the "gender gap" in sex drive.

"I really think this kind of work could make a difference in sex education that promoted a healthy understanding of the process," she added.

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