Human Sexual Satisfaction

Skill, knowledge, communication, and non-penile stimulation are substantially more important than penis size for sexual satisfaction. Female orgasm is not anatomically required for reproduction in the way that male orgasm is. Female orgasm has proven difficult to explain in terms of reproductive advantage. No association was found between foot size and penis size in a National Health Service study. Human penis size is not the decisive factor in sexual satisfaction for most partners. The evolutionary explanation for female orgasm remains unresolved, as it cannot be explained simply by pleasure since evolutionary explanations require a reproductive advantage. Studies centering the penis as the main determinant of women's sexual satisfaction are criticized because broader research shows the penis is often a secondary consideration. In humans, the ancestral link between orgasm and ovulation has been severed. The human penis evolved primarily to place sperm where needed, not necessarily to produce orgasm. Bonding is one proposed reproductive advantage for female orgasm: reliable intense pleasure may strengthen pair bonds and increase reproductive success. Female orgasm may persist in h…