Orgasm and Faking Orgasm: Heterosexual Interactions in China

Sexuality in China: A review and new findings

“…Sexual debut has become earlier in China (Blair and Scott, 2019; Guo et al, 2012; Parish et al, 2007b). According to CHFLS 2000 and SSC 2006, 2010, and 2015, the age of first sex declined from 22.5 to 19.5 for Chinese men and from 21.7 to 20.4 for women from 2000 to 2015 (Pan, 2017). A study of high school and college students showed that 10.9% of high school students and 26.6% of college students have had sexual intercourse (Zhao et al, 2019).…”

“…For Chinese women of the same age group, the proportion never/rarely/sometimes having orgasms remained relatively stable at about 20%, while the proportion always having an orgasm during sexual intercourse increased from 5.3% to 14.4% by 2015. Surprisingly, the proportion pretending to have an orgasm has also increased over time, but the magnitude is much larger for men than for women (Pan, 2017). Such varying patterns by gender imply an increasingly positive role for women in sexuality.…”

“…Life-course analysis showed that compared to people aged between 18 and 24, the prevalence of sexual dysfunction doubled for the 25–29 age group. In addition, people with a college degree, higher income, a better spousal relationship, and a more active social life suffered less from sexual dysfunction (Cornwell and Laumann, 2011; Lou et al, 2017; Pan, 2017; Zhang et al, 2017a).…”

“…The nationally representative data of CHFLS 2000 and SSC 2006, 2010, and 2015 show that Chinese are experiencing less verbal sexual harassment but more behavioral sexual harassment (Pan, 2017). Sexual harassment is most likely to occur among acquaintances such as work colleagues, classmates, and neighbors and least likely to occur with supervisors or superiors (Pan, 2017; Parish et al, 2006). Further analysis has shown that women with higher educational levels, those in the service industry, and those with more liberal sexual attitudes are more likely to experience sexual harassment (Lui, 2016).…”

“…Using the same sampling strategy and primary sampling units, the Sex Research Institute at the Renmin University of China, directed by Suiming Pan, launched three waves of the Sexuality Survey of China (SSC) in 2006, 2010, and 2015. Based on these surveys, Pan and his colleagues have carefully documented sexuality changes in China (Pan, 2017).…”