Saturated love leading to sexual pleasure: Iranian women s narratives

Sexual activity typically can be a source of enjoyment and gratification. Sexual pleasure includes a variety of experiences which is affected by personality traits, gender, culture, society, economy, religious, and personal experiences. The goal of the current study is to explore how women perceive and describe their experience of sexual pleasure. In-depth unstructured interviews were used to gather information from 26 married women. Using content analysis, we were able to identify major themes categorizing the meanings attached to the sexual pleasure among the participants. These included romantic love, spirituality; emotional and physical pleasure. Sexual pleasure so called orgasm is understood as the outcome of saturated love inside marriage. The participants felt that sexual pleasure is strongly related to committed and affectionate marital relationships. Interventions that target women’s sexuality may emphasize enrichment of marital relationships.

کلیدواژه ها:

Iranian women ، Orgasm ، Qualitative approach ، Sexual pleasure