Faking to finish

Women’s accounts of feigning sexual pleasure to end unwanted sex

Bibliographic Data

ID18985486
AuthorsEmily J Thomas (0000-0002-7084-8563, Toronto Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Monika Stelzl (0000-0002-1003-9318, St. Thomas University), Michelle N Lafrance (0000-0002-0988-0708, St. Thomas University)
Year2017
Volume20
Issue3
Pages281-301
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460716649338
OpenAlexW2487685365
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited41

In this article, we explore women’s accounts of consensual but unwanted sex, and how these accounts connect to feigning sexual pleasure. Interviews were conducted with 15 women and we employed a discursive analytic approach to examine the data. All women used discursive features (e.g. negation, hedging) to situate at least one of their past sexual experiences as problematic although all avoided the use of explicit labels such as rape or coercion. Furthermore, women commonly faked orgasm as a means to end these troubling sexual encounters. We argue the importance of considering women’s accounts of ‘problem’ sex so these experiences are not dismissed

Human sexuality · Negation · Orgasm · Pleasure · Poison control · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sexual attraction · Sexual behavior · Sexual coercion · Sexual desire · Sexual dysfunction · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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