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A fake orgasm could also be a mate retention technique, as research has indicated that women who perceive a greater risk of infidelity from their partner report a greater number of faked orgasms. This behaviour would be beneficial for the female in retaining a long-term mate, as women who appear to have frequent orgasms have partners that report higher levels of satisfaction in their relationship, in comparison to women that don't orgasm as frequently.

Women who fake orgasm frequently have also been shown to display other mate retention behaviours, which include: Direct guarding (e.g. unexpectedly checking up on their partner to see who they are with), inter-sexual negative inducements (flirting with another individual whilst their partner is looking), positive inducements (attempting to impress the partner with the way they are dressed), displaying possession signals in public ( e.g. holding hands in front of other females who are seen as a threat) and intra-sexual negative Inducements (yelling at another woman for looking at the female's partner). The frequency to which these other forms of mate retention occur is directly related to the risk of infidelity. After controlling for infidelity risk, research has shown that the prevalence of other mate retention behaviours are greatly reduced.

Fake orgasm has also been shown to function as a mate retention technique when the female, as opposed to the male, has a higher risk of infidelity. For example a main function of female orgasm is to retain the sperm of a favoured partner, therefore it is advantageous for men to pay attention to their partners orgasm to ensure they have been selected. Men who are heavily invested in their relationship would experience greater costs in potential cuckoldry and sperm competition. Consequently in situations where the woman has a perceived high risk of infidelity, men may be especially interested in ensuring their partner attains a copulatory orgasm. Due to this attentiveness women may fake an orgasm in order to manipulate their level of commitment signalling mate selection to their partner. Commitment manipulation is a mate retention technique in itself, often displayed by a partner when there is a perceived risk of infidelity.

Whilst research has shown that 25% of males also display fake orgasms, there is limited research into this area with no current evidence suggesting that men fake an orgasm to retain a mate. The main reasons men gave for faking an orgasm was that they wanted sex to end as they thought an orgasm was unlikely and did not want to hurt the feelings of their partner.

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A fake orgasm could also be a mate retention technique as research has shown that women who perceived a greater risk of infidelity from their partner reported a greater number of faked orgasms. This behaviour would be beneficial for the female in retaining a long term mate as women who appear to have frequent orgasms have partners that reported higher levels of satisfaction in their relationship in comparison women that don't orgasm as frequently.

This study also revealed that women who faked orgasms frequently were more likely to display five mate retention behaviours including; direct guarding (calling the partner unexpectedly to see who they were with), intersexual negative inducements (flirting in front of the partner), positive inducements (trying to impress the partner by dressing well), public possession signals (physical contact with the partner e.g. holding hands in front of other females) and intrasexual negative Inducements (yelling at another woman for looking at the female's partner).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563256/

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For example men's interest in their partner's orgasm has increased as

One type of mate retention tactic shown to be a function of fake orgasm is commitment manipulation, as women have been shown to signal mate selection by faking an orgasm.

It is beneficial for men to show an interest in how often their partner orgasms, especially when there is a higher risk of infidelity, as orgasms function to retain the sperm of a favoured partner (x). Therefore, women may fake an orgasm in an attempt to manipulate their partners commitment.

This study also indicates that women who faked orgasms frequently are more likely to display five mate retention behaviours including: direct guarding (calling the partner unexpectedly to see who they were with), intersexual negative inducements (flirting in front of the partner), positive inducements (trying to impress the partner by dressing well), public possession signals (physical contact with the partner; e.g. holding hands in front of other females) and intrasexual negative Inducements (yelling at another woman for looking at the female's partner).

Women who fake orgasm frequently have also been shown to display other mate retention behaviours, which include: Direct guarding (calling the partner unexpectedly to see who they were with), intersexual negative inducements (flirting in front of the partner), positive inducements (trying to impress the partner by dressing well), public possession signals (physical contact with the partner; e.g. holding hands in front of other females) and intrasexual negative Inducements (yelling at another woman for looking at the female's partner).

Whilst research has shown that 25% of males also display fake orgasms, there is limited research into this area,

The majority of the literature focuses on womens fake orgasms, with some researchers even stating that it is impossible for men to fake an orgasm (Braun, gavey and McPhillips 2003). This is due to the occurrence of ejaculate at the point of climax (Braun, gavey and McPhillips (2003). However more recent research has reported that both men and women are able to fake an orgasm, with 25% of men and 50% of women all claiming they have faked an orgasm at some point (Muehlenhard & Shippee, 2010). One reason why men

A fake orgasm could also be a mate retention technique as research by xx has shown that women who perceived a greater risk of infidelity from their partner reported a greater number of faked orgasms. This behaviour would be beneficial for the female in retaining a long term mate as women who appear to have frequent orgasms have partners that reported higher levels of satisfaction in their relationship in comparison women that don't orgasm as frequently. This study also revealed that women who faked orgasms frequently were more likely to display five mate retention behaviours including; direct guarding (calling the partner unexpectedly to see who they were with), intersexual negative inducements (flirting in front of the partner), positive inducements (trying to impress the partner by dressing well), public possession signals (physical contact with the partner e.g. holding hands in front of other females) and intrasexual negative Inducements (yelling at another woman for looking at the female's partner).

It may also be that women may fake orgasms to retain a long-term mate; some research has shown that women who perceived a greater risk of infidelity from their partner reported a greater number of faked orgasms.[15]