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COSMOPOLITAN UK ORGASM SURVEY 2021
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Question 1.
What is your age?
18-21
22-25
26-30
31-34
35+
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Question 2.
What is your sexuality?
Straight/heterosexual
Bisexual
Lesbian/gay
Pansexual
Queer
Asexual
Other (please specify):
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Question 3.
What is your gender?
Female
Male
Trans
Non-binary
Intersex
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Question 4.
Where do you live?
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales
North East
North West
Yorkshire and the Humber
West Midlands
East Midlands
South West
South East
East of England
Greater London
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Question 5.
What is your relationship status?
Single and not dating
Single and dating
In a monogamous relationship
In an open/polyamorous relationship
Engaged
Married
In a civil partnership
Divorced
Other (please specify):
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Question 6.
Do you consider yourself to have a disability or impairment?
Yes
No
Other (please specify):
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Question 7.
Have you ever had an orgasm?
Yes
No
I don’t know
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Question 8.
How often do you orgasm during partnered sex?
Every time
Most of the time
Rarely
Never
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Question 9.
Are you content with how often you orgasm during partnered sex?
Yes, I am completely satisfied
Somewhat, but I would like more
No, I am not content with how often I orgasm
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Question 10.
How often do you orgasm during masturbation?
Every time
Most of the time
Rarely
Never
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Question 11.
Are you content with how often you orgasm during masturbation?
Yes, I am completely satisfied
Somewhat, but I would like more
No, I am not content with how often I orgasm
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Question 12.
Do you orgasm more regularly from sex with a partner or masturbation?
I orgasm more often via masturbation
I orgasm a similar amount during masturbation and sex
I orgasm more often via sex with a partner
I don't regularly orgasm through either masturbation or sex with a partner
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Question 13.
Can sex be good/pleasurable without an orgasm?
Yes
No
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Question 14.
How often would you like to orgasm during sex?
Every time
Most of the time
Sometimes
Never
15.
Question 15.
Do you regularly use sex toys?
Yes during masturbation
Yes during masturbation and partnered sex
Yes during partnered sex
No
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Question 16.
Do sex toys improve your chances of having an orgasm?
Yes, I can only orgasm with sex toys
Yes, but I can orgasm without them
No
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Question 17.
What is most likely to make you orgasm?
Manual clitoral stimulation (external fingering, oral sex)
Clitoral stimulation using sex toys
Manual vaginal penetration (penetrative sex, internal fingering)
Vaginal penetration using sex toys
Simultaneous clitoral and vaginal stimulation
Anal stimulation
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Question 18.
How often does the act most likely to make you orgasm feature in your partnered sex?
Always
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
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Question 19.
Have you faked an orgasm/told your partner that you orgasmed when you didn’t?
Yes, a few times
Yes, regularly
No
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Question 20.
How often have you faked orgasms in your life?
In every relationship I have been in
In most relationships I have been in
In only one relationship
Never
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Question 21.
Why have you faked orgasms?
Didn’t want to hurt partner’s feelings
Was bored and wanted the sex to end
Was painful and wanted the sex to end
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Question 22.
How often have you faked other aspects of sexual pleasure, when you weren’t really feeling it?
A few times
Regularly
Never
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Question 23.
When you don’t have an orgasm during sex, how do you feel?
Fine
Embarrassed
Broken
Like it’s your fault
Unsatisfied
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Question 24.
How often do you debrief with a partner after sex, and talk about your orgasms/what felt good/what didn’t feel so good?
Every time
Most of the time
Rarely
Never
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Question 25.
What is preventing you from having more orgasms? (select any that apply)
Medical issue
Pain during sex
Mental health
Sex drive/sexual desire
Pressure and expectation
Don’t know how to have an orgasm
Embarrassment about talking about it
Body confidence
Partner’s sexual performance
Partner doesn’t make it a priority
I don’t know
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Question 26.
Overall, how satisfying would you say your sex life is?
Very, I orgasm regularly
Very, even though I only orgasm sometimes
Very, even though I never orgasm
It’s okay, and I orgasm regularly
It’s okay, and I orgasm sometimes
It’s okay, even though I never orgasm
It’s unsatisfying, even though I orgasm regularly
It’s unsatisfying, and I only orgasm sometimes
It’s unsatisfying, and I never orgasm
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Question 27.
Do you speak openly with your friends about your orgasms?
Yes
Sometimes
No
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Question 28.
If you answered ‘sometimes’ or ‘no’ to the last question, why?
Embarrassment/shame/fear of judgement
It’s private
They don’t talk about their orgasms so I feel I can’t
I don’t feel the need to
They orgasm regularly and so I feel like my experience is unusual
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Question 29.
What would you most like to know about orgasms, masturbation and partnered sex?
How to be more confident
How to ask for more sex
How to ask for less sex
How to have a clitoral orgasm
How to have a vaginal orgasm
How to talk to partners about orgasms
How to ease pain during sex
How to ask for what you want
How to relax
How to use sex toys
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