The results from the largest lubricant study ever were published recently in the Journal of Sexual Medicine and continue to be interesting. Over two thousand women participated in the studying using six different brands of lubricants. Four of the brands were water based and two were silicone based.
Women were aged 18 to 68 and they were asked to keep a diary. "These findings help us to reinforce to sexually active individuals that not only are lubricants important to safer sex but that they also contribute to the overall quality of one's sexual experience," said Michael Reece, director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion and co-author of the study.
More than 70% of the time women used lubricants to make sex more pleasurable. More than 60% used lubricants for masturbation.
More than a third of the time that lubricants were used it was because it was fun.
A "sizable proportion" of women used the lubricant in order to avoid tearing, particularly in the case of anal intercourse. 13,000 sex acts were analyzed (penile-vaginal and masturbatory) and the results showed that the participants had a much higher rate of satisfaction with the lubricants than without.
For all types of sex, there were fewer incidents of tearing and vaginal pain when lubricants were used. The hope of the study sponsors (no surprise they were the makers of KY) is to better inform women of the fun and of the ability to reduce pain. Interestingly, they have found that lubricants are misunderstood by women and therefore not a regular part of sex play.
Source: Journal of Sexual Medicine, ScienceDaily
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