Sex can often be a disappointment – particularly for women. A recent study from the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research shows that while gay and straight men climax about during about 85% of their sexual encounters, women having sex with women orgasm about 75% of the time, while women having sex with men come last (literally) at 63%. On a first-time hookup, the gap widens further, with 80% of men reaching orgasm compared with only 40% of women.
This issue, known as the “orgasm gap” or “pleasure gap” (because orgasms aren’t always the goal) is the jumping-off point for Netflix’s new docuseries The Principles of Pleasure. In this three-parter, narrator and comedian Michelle Buteau takes viewers on an educational journey of what the pleasure gap is, why it happens, and how on earth we get past it.
