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EXCLUSIVE Unique study reveals why men and women make different noises during sex READ MORE: What I learned from the wife who faked her orgasms for 30 years By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:39 BST, 8 July 2024 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 8 July 2024 e-mail View comments From euphoria to boredom, making sounds in bed is a standard communication tool between sexual partners. Some use the characteristic noises to demonstrate they're enjoying themselves, while others use it as a gentle nudge to try a different approach.

Few studies have investigated sex sounds and why people make them , mainly focusing on animals like apes. But a recent study used vocal recordings of real people engaged in sexual activity to explore the different types of sexual noises between men and women. Their findings indicated that women were louder than men, particularly during the moment of orgasm.



Men, meanwhile, were more likely to make non-vocal sounds such as heavy breathing. Male vocalizations, typically grunts, were often expressions of exertion and peaked during orgasm. Women's noises were scattered throughout and increased in pitch during orgasm In the study that closely analyzed different sounds during sex, researcher Andrey Anikin found that an increase in pitch in both men and women occurred simultaneously with changes in the length of time a sound was made.

Women used very little speech in general; men were at their most verbal about 15 s before orgasm As to.

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