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Faking orgasms props up the orgasm gap.

Real intimacy starts with asking for what you want.

Women’s bodies aren’t what's broken. The sexual script is.

We’ve all been told a story about sex: It should be effortless, mutual, and always end in fireworks. But for women, the reality rarely matches the script.

When it comes to sexual activity between men and women, women orgasm far less often than men. Researchers even have a name for this: the orgasm gap.

Surveys consistently reveal a 30-point gap: most men climax nearly every time, while women’s odds are much lower. Decades of glossy headlines promising “moves to make her scream” haven’t closed the gap one bit.

Studies show some people chalk this up to women’s orgasms being more complicated. But if that were true, th

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