# Male orgasms and the lack of moaning. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 12, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752 "2007-12-12T16:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/21 "2007-12-12T22:14:33Z")
…Ooooh, he’s gonna hate me for this 🙂 Hubby does the “ggnnrrrrgh” kind of thing. Though less constipated sounding. He claims this is for my benefit, that if I wasn’t there he wouldn’t be making the sounds at all. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/22 "2007-12-12T22:44:10Z")
omg omg omg… I dont care if it’s only for my benefit, but I love the way my partner makes this rough growling sound when he orgasms. Last night we had to be more on the quiet side and it was frustrating! Frustrating, I’m tellin ya… frus-ter-rating. So now the poor guy has to make it up to me 😛 I just dont know how anyone - male or female - can keep quiet during that crucial moment (or, for some, _those_ moments). I think we need a full blown-pun intended- study on the subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/23 "2007-12-12T22:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Oh, I _can_ moan while in the throes. But it would make it awfully difficult for me to scream my own name. [/QUOTE] Good laugh. I hope you aren’t faking it, it’ll get awkward after a while… And I’ve never met a man who could hold out on me. Oh you may not start out being a moaner, or calling out, or a gasper of names, but I can convert anyone. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/24 "2007-12-12T22:55:47Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] And I’ve never met a man who could hold out on me. Oh you may not start out being a moaner, or calling out, or a gasper of names, but I can convert anyone. [/QUOTE] Oh, really? :dubious: Well, I’ll bet you a…actually, know what? If we’re ever at the point that we’re doin’ it, there isn’t really much else to bet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/25 "2007-12-12T23:25:53Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Then again, you’re from [Saskatchewan](http://www.hackcanada.com/canadian/other/porktheone.jpg). Hey, I just typed _Saskatchewan_ without looking at the keys! _Twice!_ 😃 [/QUOTE] Ah yes, indeed I am, with our brilliant ad campaigns! They go well with, as **chowder** pointed out, _Duellin’ Banjos_ in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/26 "2007-12-12T23:37:18Z")
Physically impossible to moan? Maybe if your mouth is full. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/27 "2007-12-12T23:54:47Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Lao] The very first time I orgasmed (on purpose), I moaned. [/QUOTE] ? How often do you orgasm accidentally? Dr. Lao: “Unnnnngghhh..ahhhh…AHHHHHH…YEEE_HAWWWW!_” Counter girl at McDonalds: "Uh, you OK, sir?’ Dr. Lao: “Sorry. That just sort of happens sometimes.” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/28 "2007-12-13T00:04:54Z")
I’ve noticed that right around the moment of truth, I find it a bit more difficult to swallow (no, not that kind of swallow), as if the throat muscles constrict or something. However it’s certainly not impossible to go YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO! or MOMMMMMMMYYYY!!! or something. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/29 "2007-12-13T00:37:13Z")
Count me in among the grunting, growling, perhaps occasionally slightly yowling, group. I also bite. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/30 "2007-12-13T00:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] ? How often do you orgasm accidentally? [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t call a wet dream an accident, precisely. But it certainly is not with any conscious agency. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/31 "2007-12-13T00:57:42Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Physically impossible to moan? Maybe if your mouth is full. [/QUOTE] No, no… I’ve conducted this experiment several times and it is convincingly possible to moan with your mouth full… especially when enjoying a succulent meal… oh wait - which thread am I on? 😕 I’m getting confused with this one and the RR rant. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/32 "2007-12-13T03:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Count me in among the grunting, growling, perhaps occasionally slightly yowling, group. I also bite. [/QUOTE] Me, too! I don’t recall any of the important men in my life being sound-less. It wasn’t all words in _English_, but there were always _sounds_… ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/33 "2007-12-13T09:05:47Z")
A girl I used to go out with used to moan whether she had an orgasm or not. WITH O… Aieeee, grunt, sob, shudder. WITHOUT… “you useless twat!!” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/34 "2007-12-13T09:09:34Z")
A grunt/cry with every body spasm, that’s me. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/35 "2007-12-13T09:25:10Z")
I’m a silent cummer, meself. I guess if it was good enough I’d moan–I _have_ before, I’m pretty sure. Haven’t had _good_ sex in a while, though. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/36 "2007-12-13T15:57:42Z")
My SO says she’d prefer moaning-the yodeling has drawn complaints from her neighbors. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/37 "2007-12-13T16:20:46Z")
well, considering that the classic arrangement of hump-age has the lady fairly (or completely) still, while the guy is getting quite a workout. He’s too damned tired to sing a psalm at the crucial moment. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/38 "2007-12-13T16:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=Cyn] Me, too! I don’t recall any of the important men in my life being sound-less. It wasn’t all words in _English_, but there were always _sounds_… [/QUOTE] ¡Ay, caramba! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/39 "2007-12-13T16:51:46Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] ¡Ay, caramba! [/QUOTE] Was she copulating with Bart Simpson? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752/40 "2007-12-13T18:51:20Z")
I used to be the silent type until a gf commented on the need for ‘verbal feedback’ as it were. Got me to thinking about how much I appreciated her… umm… commentary at the crucial moments. Then I started consciously adding sound and now it’s automatic. Not sure if I could go back to silent mode if I had to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752.md?page=3)