Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Forty-one women filled out surveys about their heterosexual sexual behavior over the course of 30 days. These surveys tracked their menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, sexual desires, and orgasm frequency. Although the sample size was small, a number of borderline statistically significant (p < .10) trends emerged from the analysis: women experienced more copulatory orgasms on average when fertile and women who were not in relationships tended to have more frequent non-copulatory orgasms. Naturally cycling women also experienced significantly more non-copulatory orgasms when fertile. Although no strong conclusions can be drawn from the current sample, the results suggest many avenues for future research.
Extent
vii, 44 p. : ill.
Recommended Citation
Marczyk, Jesse B., "Female orgasm across the menstral cycle" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 288.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/288
Identifier
FADT3318666
Comments
by Jesse B. Marczyk.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Jesse B. Marczyk.