Find Out What One Thing Could Be Preventing Her Orgasm

Having an orgasm is pretty amazing, but there are factors that can hinder this ability in many women. Being stressed out or distracted are some examples, but there's even more to consider when the big "O" isn't happening. Yes, a woman's orgasm is much more of a mental and emotional experience as compared to men, so researchers have taken a look inside women's minds. What's preventing these women from orgasming? According to a recent study, sexism play a big role, but in a way that might surprise you. Keep reading to find out how this one thing could make women less likely to orgasm.

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Why not? There are countless reasons a woman might not be able to orgasm, and all of which are completely natural and (frustratingly) understandable. Social issues can also play a big role in the bedroom, especially if it affects how you view your partner.

Sexism in the bedroom. So you're in bed with your man, whether he's a fling or a serious relationship, but he's a bit different between the sheets. He's fine in bed, that's not the problem. He is, however, sexist when you're getting busy.

The relationship. You're ready to be intimate with this guy, which is a huge step, but his views on gender issues and the way he speaks about women is always on your mind. Unfortunately, you care about him to a certain point where you just accept this part of him.

Buying in. If you're buying in to your man's sexist beliefs, your orgasms will pay the price. Basically, you feel that your partner doesn't respect you, which is not so great when you're getting intimate.

Experiment. The first experiment measured every woman's approval or endorsement of hostile and benevolent sexism using the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, "a 22-item self-report measure of sexism on which respondents indicate their level of agreement with various statements, which are placed on a 6-point Likert scale," according to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Study. Emily Harris, a researcher at Queensland's School of Psychology, and her colleagues brut in two groups of women to test this hypothesis. 339 women from a previous sex study made up the first group and 323 women from Amazon's Mechanical Turk made up the second group.

Hostile v. benevolent. This term is defined as the overt disdain for women. Meanwhile, benevolent is a bit harder to understand. Basically, it's a belief that men must protect and cherish women, which sound good at first, but is actually not so great when you think about it.

Benevolent sexism. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory defines benevolent sexism thusly: "Benevolent sexism assumes female passivity and romanticizes the belief that women should be reliant on men. In this way, benevolent sexism is argued to be a form of legitimizing myth, whereby prejudicial attitudes toward women are justified through the guise of care and protection."

Selfish. Harris and her team of researchers believe that women that agree with benevolent sexism could feel that men have the right to be more selfish in bed. Also, these women viewed sex as their wifely duties and more for the man than themselves. You can see how they aren't orgasming.

Questions. After their sexism was measured, the women were asked questions that would measure how selfish they felt their partners were in bed. They were asked: ‘‘During sex, men only care about their own pleasure,’’ and ‘‘Men care more about ‘getting off’ than whether or not their partner has an orgasm." There answers came in a rating form, varying from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree."

Orgasms. The women also shared information on their orgasms, including frequency and what type of act gets them off. This last bit of the experiment showed Harris and her team that there was a clear link between experiencing fewer orgasms and the endorsement of benevolent sexism.

Benevolent sexism in women. "Women’s benevolent sexism significantly predicted perceived male sexual selfishness, such that the more women endorsed benevolent sexism, the more likely they were to perceive men as sexually selfish," Harris and her colleagues stated.

Perceived male sexual selfishness."Perceived male sexual selfishness was, in turn, significantly related to women’s orgasm frequency, such that the more women perceived men as sexually selfish, the fewer orgasms they experienced."

Experiment 2. The second experiment expanded the questioning to find out the measure of the participants' "willingness to ask for sex," and how endorsing sexism affects it.

Conclusion. "“The present study therefore furthers our understanding of how broad ideological factors such as benevolent sexism may (indirectly) impact women’s orgasm functioning,” the authors of the study concluded.