You can't fool your partner in the bedroom

 "Was it good for you, too?" can be such a loaded question.
Now a new study says you can't fool your sex partner by
faking satisfaction.
The study also found that women and men are equally
able to determine their partners' levels of sexual
satisfaction.
The Canadian study included 84 couples whose members
were individually asked about their levels of sexual
satisfaction, sexual communication, ability to recognise
emotions and relationship satisfaction.
"We found that, on average, both men and women have
fairly accurate and unbiased perceptions of their partners'
sexual satisfaction," lead author Erin Fallis, of the
University of Waterloo, said in a university news release.
"We also found that having good communication about
sexual issues helped participants to understand their
partners' sexual satisfaction," she said. "However, even if
sexual communication was lacking, a person could still be
fairly accurate in gauging his or her partner's sexual
satisfaction if he or she was able to read emotions well."
Developing sexual routines
The study was published in the journal Archives of Sexual
Behaviour.
The researchers explained that couples develop a "sexual
script", which guides their sexual activity.
"Over time, a couple will develop sexual routines," Fallis
said. "We believe that having the ability to accurately gauge
each other's sexual satisfaction will help partners to
develop sexual scripts that they both enjoy. Specifically,
being able to tell if their partners are sexually satisfied will
help people decide whether to stick with a current routine
or try something new."
The study results challenge a common belief that women
and men have trouble with communicating and
understanding each other, according to the investigators.
"The next step in this research is to look at the impacts of
having more or less accurate perceptions of one's
partner's sexual satisfaction over time in long-term
relationships," Fallis said.
"We expect that having a more accurate understanding of
one's partner's sexual satisfaction will have positive
impacts for both partners' sexual satisfaction and we're
eager to test this idea," she added.