# Psychological reason for women being noisy during sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868 "2006-11-26T21:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/41 "2006-11-27T02:25:22Z")
Serious answer: it depends. There are many reasons many of us may be noisy during sex, some of which have been addressed: Some guys like it. They encourage it, and it sticks. Some of us are copying what we see in movies, porn or otherwise. It makes some of us feel more turned on. Probably because of the porn association, actually. It makes y’all come faster (most of the time). Sometimes, this is what we want. Some of us just do it as it feels more and more intense 'cause it’s natural to vocalize a good feeling. We’re getting rammed into at 483 miles per hour roughly four times per second. The diaphragm moves correspondingly and we go “uh!”. Purely physical, and not really related to performance. Just like getting tackled. Repeatdly. Why DON’T guys make noise? Because women do. Men in movies (even most porn) don’t lose control and make funny noises (until the very end, and y’all are hysterical then!) Most of us learn how to act in all situations by watching people older than us. The only way most of us witness sex is movies. Since men are quiet in movies, men try to be quiet in the bedroom. Young men tend to make more noise than older men, probably because they haven’t yet learned control. Plus, there’s that whole counting baseball stats thing. You probably shouldn’t do that out loud unless you want to annoy your partner. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/42 "2006-11-27T02:35:36Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Plus, there’s that whole counting baseball stats thing. You probably shouldn’t do that out loud unless you want to annoy your partner. [/QUOTE] What if the girl is a baseball fan? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/43 "2006-11-27T02:36:14Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Cecil quotes data from Masters & Johnson on orgasms whereas all my experience comes from the combination of Johnson & Bush. [/QUOTE] While some of my experience does come from Johnson & Bush, a regrettably large portion of my experience with orgasms comes from the research bureau of Johnson & Handy. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/44 "2006-11-27T03:06:07Z")
I’ve talked with one woman who reported that her orgasms were more intense when she could be as loud as she wished. So that’s one woman explained. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/45 "2006-11-27T08:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] It’s funny that I get chastised around here for my questions, but after reading some of these replies, it’s amazing that some of you people have enough maturity to even operate a computer, let alone answer a serious question on this site. 😉 [/QUOTE] My word you sure are the touchy one aintcha? I suggest you hang around a while matey, you’ll get the feel of the board and posters eventually. Having said that I wouldn’t advise you to cast doubts on the SDMB members ability to answer questions seriously, you could find yourself in the pit. Oh wait! ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/46 "2006-11-27T14:21:33Z")
I’m moderately noisy near orgasm because I found my partner likes the applause… when I explained that hearing him make noise when he’s close to coming is a major turn-on for me, he quit being silent. MMMMMMM… ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/47 "2006-11-27T15:30:17Z")
I’m a guy and I’m loud, especially towards the end. It feels waaay better to let it all out compared to holding it in. I find porn women very comical. They even moan when nothing is happening! Suffice to say, I’ve never met a girl as loud as their digital counterparts…except towards the end, if it’s particularly good. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868/48 "2006-11-27T16:44:07Z")
[QUOTE=mstay] I’m a guy and I’m loud, especially towards the end. It feels waaay better to let it all out compared to holding it in. I find porn women very comical. They even moan when nothing is happening! Suffice to say, I’ve never met a girl as loud as their digital counterparts…except towards the end, if it’s particularly good. [/QUOTE] digital counterparts… anybody else see **mstay’s** right hand going off into uncontrollable sign luangage shreeks and moans? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reason-for-women-being-noisy-during-sex/381868.md?page=2)