What did you learn about sexual pleasure when you were growing up?

Chances are, you didn't learn much in school. And if the latest research is anything to go by, we still have a lot to learn now.

According to a US based study, 95% of heterosexual men said they usually-always orgasm during sex, in comparison to 65% of heterosexual. This notable difference is known as 'the orgasm gap' (or the pleasure gap'). Is there a way to bring more equity into the pleasure equation?

To find out more, this BBC documentary presents a candid examination of whether Rwanda experiences a more open attitude to discussion about sexual pleasure, or is there is still a long way to go before pleasure equality is really found. 

In the UK, when the new sex education guidelines are introduced in September 2020, sexual pleasure will remain off the agenda.
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The documentary talks to people in the UK and Rwanda to explore how society and culture influence how we experience pleasure. The documentary looks at what we were, or weren't, taught about sex at school and meets a man who is finding ways to close the gender pleasure gap outside of the classroom.

In Rwanda the documentary finds out about (kunyaza) a cultural practice that allegedly puts female pleasure first, but is also linked to a controversial form of female genital modification.

The World Health Organisation defined labia elongation as female genital mutilation, but this was changed and has remained modification since 2008.

Listen to The Orgasm Gap documentary on BBC World Service, 7.06pm on 30 May 2020.

"The BBC World Service is talking about sex, and never more frankly than here" - Steve Titherington, Senior Commissioning Editor, BBC World Service  

The documentary is produced by Lily Freeston & Kayleen Devlin for BBC World Service and features sex educator Habeeb Akande and Rwandan sexologist Vestine Dusabe. The documentary is a recommended watch according to The Times and Radio Times.

The Orgasm Gap documentary is part of the BBC's Life Changes series of global stories of how the world's changes have changed people's lives.