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The orgasm gap: Picking up where the sexual revolution left off

  • Written by Laurie Mintz, Professor of Psychology, University of Florida
Women's sexual pleasure has not been stressed as much as men's.Lucky Business/Shutterstock.com

At the core of the 1960s sexual revolution was “female sexual empowerment.” It fell short of this goal. Specifically, while the revolution made women having intercourse before marriage acceptable, it didn’t lead women to have equally...

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