With its SexReport 2026, Adam & Eve puts its feet in the dish – or rather under the covers – to explore the new realities of male pleasure. Between preconceived ideas that fall and taboos that resist, the intimate is told differently.
Pleasure, altruistic version: what if that was the real climax?
Forget the cliché of the man in a hurry to reach the finish line. Today, many of them would prefer… to accompany rather than sprint.
To the question of what defines a successful relationship, the answer is straightforward: “That the partner feels good” comes first (49%), ahead of passion (47%) and even orgasm. Better yet: 44% of men believe that a relationship can be successful without going through this box.
Enough to shake up some well-established ideas. Male pleasure would no longer be just a matter of performance or result, but of connection. A form of gentle, almost tender revolution, where attention to others becomes the new compass.
But under the duvet for two, everything is not always said. And when it comes to solitary pleasures, silence sometimes says even more…
Solo, but not so simple: the discreet pleasure of men
When it comes to masturbation, there is no suspense: men practice. 26% say they masturbate several times a week, 31% several times a month. Only 15% say they never do it.
An activity well established in habits. And yet… she remains surprisingly discreet. Only 32% of respondents say their partner knows. Conversely, 27% assure that their other half ignores it. A little secret garden, in short. Neither ashamed nor totally assumed. As if this pleasure should remain muted, outside the official story of the couple.
As for ritual, everyone has their own madeleine: 40% prefer the evening, just before going to bed. Hands remain unbeatable (76%), while pornographic content accompanies more than one in two men (56%). Sex toys are slowly starting to make their debut (6%), a sign that habits are changing… slowly but surely.
And at the end of all that? One question persists, almost unavoidable: that of orgasm. Always the full stop… or sometimes just a comma?
Orgasm: not always a race, rarely a fiction
When it comes to orgasm, men progress at a fairly constant pace: 61% say they achieve it between 5 and 15 minutes with a partner. Neither marathon, nor lightning sprint – more of an intermediate pace.
But another figure attracts attention. When asked about simulation, 73% of men say they never simulate. As for women, only 36% say the same.
“Two realities, one bed”: a formula which summarizes a still marked gap. Behind it, different expectations, sometimes invisible pressures, and a sincerity that is not expressed in the same way depending on the gender.
Because if the orgasm remains a benchmark, it is no longer necessarily an obligation. For some, it matters. For others, it fades behind the overall experience.
What if the real turning point was speech?
As the figures go by, a trend emerges: men are changing their relationship to pleasure. More attentive, less focused on performance, they seem to be redefining the rules of the game.
But a gray area persists: that of dialogue. Because between what they do, what they feel and what they say, there is sometimes a gap.
So, the next revolution will perhaps be neither technical nor statistical. It will perhaps be simpler — and bolder too: talk. Put words on your desires, your practices, your doubts. Because deep down, pleasure is never as shared as when it is told.