Women fake orgasms for better sex: report

A study has found that sometimes faking orgasms during sex helps women increase their own arousal, according to a report.

Research published in the Journal of Sexual Archives found that pretending to enjoy sex can actually make the whole experience more pleasurable, the UK's Independent newspaper reported.

According to the newspaper researchers from Temple University and Kenyon College asked 481 heterosexual females, who were sexually active but not in committed relationships, to indicate how much individual factors influenced their decision to fake an orgasm.

While the most common reason the researchers found for women faking orgasms was in order to avoid hurting their partner's feelings, they also found that women were more likely to do it to turn themselves on rather than end sex.

"What is unique about the Faking Orgasm Scale for Women is that, for the first time, we have quantitative evidence suggesting women may also fake orgasm for far more 'selfish' reasons, like increasing their own arousal," One of the study's co-authors, Erin Cooper, told The Huffington Post.