Men DO fake 0rgasms :They do it out of love, kindness and sexual insecurity

It has long been known that women can be guilty of faking the throes of passion in the bedroom, but a surprising number of men feign 00rgasms too, according to research carried out by a Harvard academic.

In his new book ‘Why Men Fake it: The Totally Unexpected Truth’, clinical professor of urology Dr Abraham Morgentaler, recounts numerous stories of men confessing that they pretend to clim*x. 

But the biggest shock was their reasoning.

‘The big surprise to me when I started doing this work 25 years ago is that once a man is in a relationship, he seems to care more about his partner than himself,’ said Dr Morgentaler. 

‘For every man who behaves badly, I can give you 10 who are dedicated and thoughtful and doing the best they know how to be a man and a solid partner.’

It may seem unbelievable - not to mention physically impossible - but it is indeed possible for men to fake an orgasm, although quite how they do this is kept under wraps by Dr Morgentaler in an interview for online magazine Salon.

Dr Morgentaler’s book paints a picture of a gender who are anxious about their erections, feel pressured into having s3x and are concerned about their partner’s pleasure.

A recent study from the University of Kansas found that 70 per cent of women and 30 per cent of men admitted faking orgasms.

In the study, both sexes gave the same reasons for pretending - a partner's orgasm was imminent so they felt under pressure to clim*x.

The report said: 'The emphasis on men's ability to give their partners "earth-shaking orgasms" sometimes leads both women and men to pretend 00rgasm to meet these expectations.'

Dr Morgentaler says another reason for the rise in faked 00rgasms is down to the rapid change in gender identity across society, which has led many men to suffer a crisis of confidence about their masculinity.

He cites the case of a 27-year-old paraplegic who can’t feel or move anything from the waist down.