Profs & Pints DC: The Orgasm Gap

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Orgasm Gap,” a beyond-the-bedroom look at why women have fewer orgasms than men, with Brittany Dernberger, a sociologist and consultant on gender issues who taught a popular course on the sociology of sex as a former lecturer in sociology and women and gender studies at George Washington University, the University of Maryland, and other higher-education institutions.

Studies have shown that more than 90 percent of men—but just 65 percent of women—usually or always have an orgasm from straight sex. Moreover, lesbian and bisexual women report higher rates of orgasm than women who are straight.

What accounts for such differences? Come hear that question tackled by sociologist Brittany Dernberger, who argues that the “orgasm gap” is an important dimension of gender inequality that has implications well beyond intimacy in the bedroom.

Drawing on theories of gender inequality, she’ll discuss how sexuality and sexual behavior are…