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Does the CAT technique enhance female orgasm?

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  • 1Human Sexuality Program, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
|January 1, 1992
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Researchers attempted to replicate Edward W. Eichel's Coital Alignment Technique (CAT) for enhancing female orgasms. The study failed to replicate these claims but suggested the CAT technique may benefit sex therapy in specific clinical contexts.

Area of Science:

  • Human Sexuality
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sexual Health

Background:

  • Edward W. Eichel proposed the Coital Alignment Technique (CAT) to enhance female orgasms.
  • Previous claims suggested CAT increases female coital orgasms and mutual orgasms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To independently replicate the claimed benefits of the Coital Alignment Technique (CAT).
  • To evaluate the efficacy of CAT in increasing female coital and mutual orgasms.

Main Methods:

  • The Human Sexuality Program of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center conducted the replication study.
  • Direct attempts were made to reproduce Eichel's findings on the CAT technique.

Main Results:

  • The study failed to replicate Eichel's claims regarding the effectiveness of CAT.

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  • No significant increase in female coital orgasms or mutual orgasms was observed through replication.

    • Conclusions:

    • The Coital Alignment Technique (CAT) did not demonstrate the claimed enhancements in this replication attempt.
    • The CAT technique may possess clinical utility within sex therapy for specific situations.
    • Further evaluation of the CAT technique in clinical sex therapy settings is warranted.