# Is It Actually Common for Women To Have Orgasms During Rape? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872 "2004-05-24T20:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/21 "2004-05-25T12:52:18Z")
As far as whether it’s better to fake orgasm or not, or go along with the rapist willingly or not, I read a series of books a few years back by a guy who used to be an FBI profiler – can’t remember the guy’s name, but one of the book titles was “Mindhunter” – and I seem to recall that in it, he said that rapists fit multiple profiles. Some prefer their victims to fight back, and when they encounter a passive victim, it only makes them angrier. On the other hand, some rapists will become enraged if the victim DOES fight back. I’m not sure what lesson you can draw from this as far as what to do if you’re in the situation, except to try to avoid being in the situation in the first place, I guess. Information from someone more informed on this topic would be welcome. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/22 "2004-05-25T12:59:32Z")
Do most women put up a fight during the entire rape or submit when they think it’s futile? And at the risk of seeming insensitive: Do they have full blown toe-curling orgasms where they actually moan and pull the guy in deeper or just some sort of involuntary spasm? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/23 "2004-05-25T13:57:59Z")
> [@Badge](#): > > This statement is absolutely ridiculous! No Officer would ever ask such an offensive question, and if the victim were to volunteer the information (something that I think would be very unlikely) it would make absolutely no difference in how the case is handled. Watch the documentary, “Brandon Teena” (or the other way around…I forget) and see how utterly compassionless cops can be when it comes to rape. I swear, I’d have hauled off and… I’ve seen and read enough on the subject to know that cops are not the most tactful animals on earth. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/24 "2004-05-25T14:01:26Z")
This Board hit a pathetic new low. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/25 "2004-05-25T14:15:13Z")
Train Wreck Syndrome: I read this entire thread, despite my better judgment, with an expression on my face akin to the one when I encounter a maggoty dead animal on the road. The question in the OP alone is enough to make me physically sick and give me nightmares for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/26 "2004-05-25T14:41:15Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > The question in the OP alone is enough to make me physically sick and give me nightmares for weeks. That may be so - but there was a good reason for asking it, having had a professor make such outlandish assertions and wanting some third-party opinions, feedback and evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/27 "2004-05-26T05:23:25Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Train Wreck Syndrome: I read this entire thread, despite my better judgment, with an expression on my face akin to the one when I encounter a maggoty dead animal on the road. > > The question in the OP alone is enough to make me physically sick and give me nightmares for weeks. Yes, god forbid that someone come to the SDMB seeking to be educated about something; their questions might make some of us physically sick. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872/28 "2004-05-26T05:37:09Z")
I believe the factual parts of the OP have been answered, particularly by **neuroman** and Triskadecamus\*\*. This is closed. - **xash** General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-common-for-women-to-have-orgasms-during-rape/246872.md?page=1)