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What has the biggest impact on the female orgasm

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 536 words · By Jesús Maturana
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What to know about What has the biggest impact on the female orgasm

Researchers from Loyola Andalucía and Granada universities have published a study with 518 healthy women that links the subjective experience of orgasm with overall sexual function.

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What happened

Researchers from Loyola Andalucía and Granada universities have published a study with 518 healthy women that links the subjective experience of orgasm with overall sexual function.

Why it matters

The emotional charge of that moment turns out to be the factor with the most predictive weight.

Common ground

The study, published in 'Sexuality & Culture', examined 518 Spanish women aged between 18 and 62, none of whom had been diagnosed with sexual dysfunction and all of whom had experienced orgasm in sexual encounters with another person.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/11/what-has-the-biggest-impact-on-the-fe…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two-thirds were in a steady relationship; the rest were in non-committed relationships.”
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The provided evidence for this claim discusses Tinder users and other unrelated studies, but does not provide the relationship breakdown for the specific study of 518 Spanish women.
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web search NEUTRAL — Many on dating apps are already in relationships or aren't seeking actual dates, new study finds. Nearly two-thirds of Tinder users surveyed said they were already in relationships; some of them were …
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/lifestyle/many-online-da…
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web search NEUTRAL — How does a platonic relationship turn romantic and what really is the distinction between friends and lovers is a question that is still being unpicked, Stinson said. The written accounts of study par…
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/12/two-thi…
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web search NEUTRAL — For this analysis, the team included the 974 participants between 18 and 21 years old who were in a steady romantic relationship. The study was supported by NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID…
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/early-f…
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Claim 2: “Among the limitations acknowledged by the authors themselves are the over-representation of young women with a university education, the design based on an online questionnaire and the impossibility of establishing causal relationships from cross-sectional data.”
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Claim 3: “Women with a steady partner scored higher on affect, intimacy, reward and overall sexual function.”
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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute this specific finding.
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Claim 4: “The study, published in 'Sexuality & Culture', examined 518 Spanish women aged between 18 and 62, none of whom had been diagnosed with sexual dysfunction and all of whom had experienced orgasm in sexual encounters with another person.”
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The evidence confirms a study with 518 healthy Spanish women aged 18 to 62 using the Female Sexual Function Inventory. While the specific journal 'Sexuality & Culture' is not explicitly named in the snippet, the sample size and demographics align perfectly with the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Biology of Female Orgasm and girl anatomyFemale Orgasm is a complex psychological and biological experience — reaching and experiencing Orgasm is not the sam...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDetHC86Dgo
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web search NEUTRAL — Hence, this study aimed to investigate the sexual function of normal Japanese women and the temporal changes they experienced using the Female Sexual Function Index administered online in 2012 and 201…
https://sage.cnpereading.com/doi/10.1177/17455065211009103
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web search NEUTRAL — Middle-aged women who were eligible for the study (with an even record number) were selected and invited to participate in the study. Volunteers who failed to meet the inclusion criteria were excluded…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5217824/
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Claim 5: “The other relevant factor was being in a steady relationship.”
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The same evidence confirming the regression model explicitly lists 'the presence of a stable partner' as a predictor for female sexual function.
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web search NEUTRAL — Methods: Data is from the German cross-sectional 2013 Gay Men and AIDS survey. The study population was HIV-negative or untested men reporting a steady partnership and at least one non-steady anal sex…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26205833/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr Karen Gurney is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychosexologist and Couples Therapist, she has been helping couples tackle sex problems for over 20 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5swtIjpxxA
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web search NEUTRAL — Most relationships end because people change their minds. People also have sexual needs and thus they also want to be in an environment where that need, will be met when necessary. Thus, being in love…
https://www.academia.edu/2344185/LACK_OF_STEADINESS_IN_LOVE_…
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Claim 6: “Intimacy, by contrast, showed no statistical link with sexual desire, although it did correlate with the others.”
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The provided evidence discusses the general definition of intimacy but does not provide the statistical results of the specific study regarding the link between intimacy and sexual desire.
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web search NEUTRAL — An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves emotional or physical closeness between people and can include feelings of romantic or platonic love and sexual intimacy. [1] In…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intimate_relationship
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 16, 2019 · Sex and romance may come to mind first, but intimacy plays a role in other types of relationships, too! Read on to learn about the different types, how to build it, and more.
https://www.healthline.com/health/intimacy
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 9, 2025 · Intimacy is a feeling of closeness and connection in an interpersonal relationship. It is an essential part of intimate relationships, but it also plays an important role in other relati…
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-intimacy-in-a-relations…
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Claim 7: “the effect of the orgasm dimensions on sexual function did not depend on whether or not a woman had a steady partner.”
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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute this specific finding.
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Claim 8: “Researchers from Loyola Andalucía and Granada universities have published a study with 518 healthy women that links the subjective experience of orgasm with overall sexual function.”
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One web search result explicitly mentions a study with 518 healthy women from the Spanish population using the Female Sexual Function Inventory and Orgasm Rating Scale. However, the provided evidence does not explicitly name Loyola Andalucía and Granada universities, though the study details match the claim's specifics.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miguel Asín Palacios (5 July 1871 – 12 August 1944) was a Spanish scholar of Islamic studies and the Arabic language, and a Roman Catholic priest. He is primarily known for suggesting Muslim sources f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Asín_Palacios
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web search NEUTRAL — The sample consisted of 518 healthy women from the general Spanish population, with ages ranging from 18 to 62 (M = 25.56, SD = 7.29). The participants completed an online background questionnaire, th…
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-026-10589-4
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web search NEUTRAL — a Belgian study published in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19440049.2023.2…
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Claim 9: “In the linear regression model built by the authors, affectivity – that is, the emotional content a woman attributes to orgasm – was the only orgasm-related predictor that proved statistically significant for overall sexual function.”
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A web search result explicitly states that a significant multiple linear regression model was identified where female sexual function was predicted by the 'affectivity dimension of orgasm' and the presence of a stable partner.
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web search NEUTRAL — A significant multiple linear regression model was identified (F (5,517) = 15.526; p < .001) in which female sexual function was predicted by the affectivity dimension of orgasm and the presence of a …
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-026-10589-4
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web search NEUTRAL — Ordinary least squares Linear Regression. LinearRegression fits a linear model with coefficients w = (w1, …, wp) to minimize the residual sum of squares between the observed targets in the dataset, an…
https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.li…
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web search NEUTRAL — Study participants and eligibility criteria. Incomplete medical records, critically ill patients with diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, confused, or in septicemia as in an inf…
https://sage.cnpereading.com/doi/10.1177/20503121221141803
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Claim 10: “The participants completed the Female Sexual Function Index, a key benchmark tool in the field, and the Orgasm Rating Scale, which measures four dimensions of the experience: affect, physical sensations, intimacy and reward.”
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The evidence confirms the use of the Female Sexual Function Inventory and the Orgasm Rating Scale in a study of 518 healthy women, though the specific four dimensions (affect, physical sensations, intimacy, reward) are not detailed in the snippet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Take online courses on Study.com that are fun and engaging. Pass exams to earn real college credit. Research schools and degrees to further your education.
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web search NEUTRAL — Master any subject with Studley AI. Trusted by more than 2,000,000 top students. Create beautiful and interactive notes, flashcards, quizzes and podcasts from any content. Study smarter, not harder.
https://www.studley.ai/
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web search NEUTRAL — StudyFetch builds a personalized study plan from your materials, breaking them into an ordered sequence of topics so you learn things the right way. Instead of guessing what to review, you get flashca…
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Claim 11: “The sensory and reward dimensions were associated with almost all domains except pain.”
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The provided evidence does not contain the specific results regarding sensory and reward dimensions and their association with pain domains.
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web search NEUTRAL — Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός, orgasmos; "excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm
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web search NEUTRAL — More masturbation parameters associated with orgasm satisfaction are observed in women than men. These findings suggest that the relation between solitary masturbation and sexual relationships is a co…
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Biology of Female Orgasm and girl anatomyFemale Orgasm is a complex psychological and biological experience — reaching and experiencing Orgasm is not the sam...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDetHC86Dgo
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.