Vault: Sexual MythBusters: Do Men Really Fake Orgasms?

Summary

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The Bert Show: Vault Episode – “Sexual MythBusters: Do Men Really Fake Orgasms?”

Date: April 8, 2026
Podcast Team: Bert, Jen, Jeff, and rotating co-hosts
Main Theme:
The morning crew dives into the persistent myth: Can men fake orgasms during sex? The hosts explore the social taboos, logistics, and psychology behind the issue, blending candid personal stories, frank listener calls, and entertaining banter to unravel the reality behind the myth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting Up the Myth (02:02–03:00)

• Host Anxiety: Bert confides his nervousness about asking men to call in for honest stories on a sensitive topic. He notes men are usually less willing than women to “call themselves out” in vulnerable sexual conversations.
• Myth Introduction: Bert highlights the myth under discussion: “Guys can’t fake the big O.”
  • He points to the “evidence” involved and the common assumption this makes it impossible for men to fake an orgasm.
    • Jeff: "There’s evidence, so to speak." (02:43)
    • Jen: "I'm not in this conversation, but I mean, still." (02:54)

2. Personal Anecdotes: Real Life Faking (03:00–04:34)

• Bert shares an elaborate story about his brother-in-law, who pretended to climax for weeks by using spit as fake “evidence” when his partner was trying to get pregnant and he had anxieties about fatherhood.
  • Bert: "He'd make the noises and everything else." (03:39)
  • Bert: “Spit and then put it on the sheets.” (04:25)
• The team reacts with equal parts disbelief and humor:
  • Jen: "It sounds like there's a partnership between a guy that fakes it and a really dumb girl." (04:44)
  • Jeff: "That is a long way to go rather than just being honest….” (04:31)

3. Listener Calls: The Truth from Men (05:41–10:47)

• Ron (First Caller, 06:02):
  • Admits to faking both orgasming and NOT orgasming—most notably to prevent pregnancy when a partner wasn’t on birth control.
    • Ron: "I faked it both ways. I faked having an orgasm and not having an orgasm." (06:02)
    • Bert: “How could she not have a clue?” (06:38)
  • Ron explains, sometimes it’s possible because partners aren’t always attentive, and other factors (like natural lubrication) can mask the difference.
• General Insight:
  • The group debates whether it's really possible to fool a partner. They suggest that women “want to believe” or may be less vigilant, especially if they have less experience.
    • Bert: "I think it can only be done successfully because a woman wants to believe." (07:12)
    • Jen: "Again, going back to the dumb girl." (07:24)
    • Jeff: "With wishful thinking... her mind could play tricks on her." (07:31)
• Nick (Second Caller, 08:39):
  • Also confirms it’s possible, especially by acting and carefully disposing of protection.
    • Nick: "Yeah, I've done this… trying to be nice… you can." (08:42)
• Joey (Third Caller, 09:19, Voice Disguised):
  • Explains that with condoms, it’s “very, very easily done,” especially with inexperienced partners or in the dark.
    • Joey: "Just get tired and bored. The easiest thing about it is most of them come with lubrication." (09:22)
    • Joey: "Just completely bored out of my mind. Ready to get this over with." (10:13)
  • The group jokes about Joey’s acting skills:
    • Bert: "...you're putting on like an Academy Award also, making all the sounds, your body is moving like it's really going on but you're totally faking it." (10:05)
• Follow-up:
  • Discussion on whether faking it is painful for men afterwards and why someone would resort to it.
    • Joey: "It is painful to a certain extent, but it's more of a sensitive thing." (10:35)
  • The hosts joke about an "air sex competition." (10:56)

4. Deeper Reasons for Faking & Gender Parallel (11:04–12:44)

• Bert and Jen relate the motivation for men’s fakery back to women’s reasons: to spare partners’ feelings, or to just end it when it’s not working.
  • Bert: "There are just times you can't and after a while you're just like, the fun of this is over." (11:03)
  • Jen: "That's the same reason women do it, right?" (11:22)
• Justin (Fourth Caller): Reinforces that it can happen both with and without protection, especially if a man’s already pleasured himself earlier. Darkness and towels also used as cover. (11:26)
• The team explores the impact of male masturbation on sexual performance in relationships, citing both anecdotal evidence and peer discussions. (11:55–12:26)

5. Conclusion: Myth Busted (12:26–end)

• The calls make clear: Yes, men do sometimes fake orgasms—and it’s more common, more creative, and more nuanced than generally assumed.
  • Bert: "Guys are as good at faking it as women are. I guess. It is jacked up." (12:26)
  • Jen: "Guys have to make more effort to fake it." (12:41)
  • Jeff: "Finally, they have to make more effort." (12:45)
  • Bert: "It's not easy." (12:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Spit and then put it on the sheets." – Bert, on his brother-in-law’s method (04:25)
• "It sounds like there's a partnership between a guy that fakes it and a really dumb girl." – Jen, incredulous at the story (04:44)
• "I've faked it both ways. I faked having an orgasm and not having an orgasm." – Caller Ron (06:02)
• "Just completely bored out of my mind. Ready to get this over with." – Caller Joey, re: why he faked it (10:13)
• "Guys are as good at faking it as women are. I guess. It is jacked up." – Bert, closing takeaway (12:26)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:02 – Introduction of the “myth” and opening up lines for male callers
• 03:00–04:34 – Bert’s brother-in-law story (spit as “evidence”)
• 05:41–07:01 – First listener calls, Ron’s confessions
• 09:19–10:47 – Joey and Nick call in (condoms, acting, boredom)
• 11:26–12:44 – Justin’s call, gender parallels, masturbation discussion
• 12:26–12:49 – Final myth busting/conclusion

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Episode Takeaway

In trademark Bert Show fashion—blunt, funny, and curious—the hosts and listeners bust the myth that only women feign satisfaction in the bedroom. The lively discussion reveals that men, too, have their strategies for faking orgasms, although with more logistical gymnastics. The segment is a rare, honest look into sexual performance anxieties and the lengths both genders will go to maintain egos, spare feelings, or simply end awkward encounters.

This episode is ideal for listeners who enjoy frank sexual myth-busting, relatable humor, and the surprising nuances of modern relationships.

Transcript

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[Bert]

I'm always a little nervous when we're asking guys to call up for brutal honesty. I think as a general rule, women put themselves out there in the voice disguiser a little bit more than guys

[Jen]

will, and especially when it Comes to sexual myth busting. I don't, I mean, guys usually don't call themselves out in any vulnerable way when it comes to sex either. I don't think.

[Bert]

I mean, that's the source of our ego right there, you know. But if we could just get one or two calls is what we're banking on, I think it would be very insightful for women. And the myth that we're looking at today is guys can't fake the big O.

[Jen]

Okay.

[Bert]

You think that it's. Logically. It doesn't make any sense. Right? Can't. I mean, there's a bit of a difference there between a woman and a guy.

[Jeff]

There's evidence, so to speak.

[Bert]

Evidence.

[Jen]

Mm.

[Radio Host]

There's ways to hide the evidence. Right. No, actually, even if there's protection involved,

[Jen]

I'm not in this conversation, but I mean, still.

[Bert]

404-741-Q100 if you're a guy and you've ever faked that, I mean, is it possible or not? I know it's possible because I know my brother in law has done that. He and my sister in law were sort of, they were talking about her getting pregnant and they agreed on it. He told, he told this to me in front of her and my wife and while she was pregnant. Now she's pregnant and this conversation comes up and he confesses to her that even though they had agreed upon it, he still sort of sketched out by the idea of becoming a father. So when she would call him when she knew that it was then, when it was time, he'd go through the motions and everything and then fake it. I mean, he'd make the noises and everything else.

[Jeff]

And she believed it.

[Bert]

She believed it for weeks and weeks and weeks. So much so that she called my wife up and she like. Can I ask you a question about Bert? Sometimes during that. Is there like a dry. Even though he does nothing, there's no evidence, like you said. Oh, and very, very, very, very little. What are you talking about? And it went on for weeks and we couldn't figure it out at all, really. And then he finally confessed and said, yeah, and there's, there's a technique that he used to, to make it appear as though he. There was evidence even though it wasn't.

[Jen]

What did take.

[Radio Host]

Yes. This would be interesting to learn about technique.

[Bert]

Spit and then put it on the sheets.

[Jen]

I mean, that's a loogie.

[Jeff]

That is a long way to go rather than just being honest that you don't have a baby.

[Bert]

Yeah. I think I had agreed upon it already.

[Radio Host]

So just so you know, I just passed judgment on your sister in law for not being able to tell the difference between spit and evidence.

[Jen]

It sounds like there's a partnership between a guy that fakes it and really dumb girl.

[Bert]

Like, maybe that's the better question.

[Jen]

If you're a woman and you've believed

[Bert]

and he told you he really was, you knew he wasn't. Actually, we got a lot of dudes on the phone saying that either you can or you cannot get away with that.

[Jen]

Okay.

[Bert]

But I mean, there's. There's one pure way to know and it's this doesn't need to be said.

[Radio Host]

My thought, could you really buy that?

[Bert]

The whole, you know, like spitting and then.

[Radio Host]

No.

[Jeff]

Maybe once, but not more than that.

[Bert]

It was weeks. We're talking about now.

[Radio Host]

How can it now? You said that it would not be possible even with the protection. Don't know why I have to say that with an accent.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Jen]

We always have to say if you're

[Jeff]

wearing a condom, same thing. Maybe once. But then if you're curious, you investigate. There's ways to investigate that.

[Bert]

Let it go. Let it go.

[Jen]

CSI$ that's not a CSI investigation.

[Bert]

It probably would have to be. All right. The phone lines are lit up with dudes that have done this very thing. So if that's the myth, I think we're going to dispel it today. Good morning, Ron.

[Ron]

Good morning, Berkshire.

[Radio Host]

Morning.

[Bert]

The myth is guys can't fake that.

[Ron]

Yeah, I've faked it both ways. I faked having an orgasm and not having an orgasm.

[Radio Host]

Now the impressive one is faking not doing it.

[Bert]

Yeah. Let's talk.

[Ron]

Yeah, I was more impressed by that one. When I was younger, I was pretty promiscuous and I was with a girl that would not let me because of lack of birth control. I basically just let it go and kept an absolute straight face and kept a lot of control and no clue.

[Bert]

How could she not have a clue?

[Ron]

Well, a lot of it. I don't know about everybody else, but a lot of the women that I've been with have been very wet. So it really didn't matter.

[Radio Host]

Too early.

[Bert]

Too early. We got to think of better ways around some of this stuff because, yeah, it is too early for some for just that word. Okay. So it would be. I think we got you.

[Ron]

Yeah.

[Jen]

All right.

[Bert]

Thank you.

[Joey]

Thanks.

[Jeff]

Still, there's a difference.

[Bert]

There is. And wouldn't most women know the difference?

[Jeff]

Yes, I would think so. If you were aware or you were paying attention, you would know.

[Bert]

Can we pretty much conclude here that because we're gonna take more calls from guys that are all about to tell you women that yes, it can be done successfully, but I think it can only be done successfully because a woman wants to believe.

[Jen]

Again, going back to the dumb girl.

[Bert]

Yeah, I mean, nobody's that dumb. No woman is that dumb. Where you couldn't tell. I mean, you being.

[Jeff]

I mean with wishful thinking. Like your sister in law who wanted to have a baby so badly and was just so excited about it. Like her mind could play tricks on her. I get that. But if you are being CSI like Jeff and you're trying to figure out if he.

[Radio Host]

Wait a minute. Just to ask questions for the sake

[Jeff]

of the radio, that last guy, you can figure that out?

[Ron]

Sure.

[Jeff]

You know what I mean? If you're like real. I mean, he said his girlfriend was real paranoid about getting pregnant and she wasn't on birth control. Whatever. If you're focused and you're paying attention, you could figure it out. But if you're focused the other way and you really wanted to, then I think your mind could.

[Bert]

We also say this is an age thing too. Like if you're 17 years old and you don't have nearly as much experience, then maybe everything's sort of a new experience.

[Jeff]

Let's go with 18. But.

[Bert]

Yeah, 18. Okay.

[Jen]

Yeah, I think we've learned much longer.

[Bert]

Yes, that's late.

[Radio Host]

Or 12.

[Jen]

You're right. But I agree with you on that. But also like with Jen, what guys probably don't understand is that if women are freaked out about getting pregnant, they're obsessed with it. Every time you're. Every time. So it's it. She knows. She is aware of everything that's going on. I think it's more of just trying to psych herself out.

[Bert]

Nick, Guys can't fake that.

[Ron]

Oh yeah, they can.

[Bert]

Yeah, you've done this.

[Radio Host]

Pretty successful again.

[Ron]

Oh yeah. Yeah, they can. Well, it's more of when the previous caller said one thing. You kind of tell them that's where you put it. Trying to be nice. So it's. Yeah, you can. Especially because they look there and it's from them.

[Jeff]

Okay. Same thing the last guy said. Yeah, he was trying not to go over the line.

[Bert]

Yeah, it's very, very difficult. It's really hard to talk about it without talking about this.

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Bert]

Good morning, Joey, you're on the voice disguiser.

[Joey]

Hi there. I was just going to say that it's very easily done with protection. Very easily done. I've done it several times due to it just takes longer with protection. Just get tired and bored. The easiest thing about it is most of them come with lubrication and if it's a girl that's not got a lot of experience, you can just easily just pull it off and be like, oh yeah, there it is. And then throw it out.

[Bert]

And she knows. You would think that a woman would know the difference there.

[Joey]

Well, like I said, you know, a very experienced woman would know the difference. But most girls that are younger, I'm younger. Nobody ever asking questions. They're just kind of happy that, you know, it happened. Whatever, it's all good. I can see a little bit in there. Throw it out.

[Bert]

So you're putting on like an Academy Award also, like you're making all the sounds, your body is moving like it's really going on but you're totally faking it.

[Joey]

Oh yeah. Just completely bored out of my mind. Ready to get this over with.

[Radio Host]

Should we do it?

[Jeff]

My follow up question is that girls have always been told that that would hurt a man afterwards. Like how long does it take for you to not be in pain anymore or is it not painful?

[Radio Host]

Can't answer that.

[Joey]

It really depends. I mean it just, you know, it is painful to a certain extent, but it's more of a sensitive thing. You know, just don't want nothing touching it or, you know, in the real instances and stuff.

[Bert]

But sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't.

[Radio Host]

Oh, should have a contest and like guys act it out and Jen could judge them.

[Jen]

Air sex competition

[Bert]

sometimes. I know what that dude's saying though. Like sometimes.

[Jeff]

Thank you.

[Bert]

There are just times you can't and after a while you're just like, the fun of this is over. And I think we're both working to a goal here that we know is not going to happen. So rather than just acknowledge it, what he's saying is he's just going to try to fake his way through it. That's about as sensitive as I can be there.

[Jen]

That's the same reason women do it, right?

[Bert]

Same thing. Hey, Justin, you're on the voice disguiser.

[Joey]

Hey, man. Yeah, I mean it's easy to do. I've done it with protection, without protection. You know, there's been like a time where, you know, I've pleased myself, you know, about an hour or so before and you know, guys can only go, you know, once every few hours, I guess you could say. And you know, if it's dark, you just lay a towel down and you

[Bert]

know, finish, you know, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha all right.

[Jeff]

So amongst talk with some of my friends, they have said if a guy does that too much by himself, that then he's no longer has any mojo with her.

[Bert]

He's got nothing left in the tank or just it takes away from it.

[Jeff]

Takes away from it.

[Ron]

Mm.

[Jeff]

I had a friend that was having some issues, and all the girls around the table who were talking about the issues she was having were saying, does he do that too much? And that was the consensus. Yes. If he does that too much, then you're gonna have the problem that you're having.

[Bert]

Gotcha. Well, if we were trying to dispel that myth this morning, then, yes, we know that guys absolutely can because they're still lit up. So guys are as good at faking it as women are. I guess. It is jacked up.

[Jen]

Well, there's they. Guys have to make more effort to fake it.

[Bert]

Totally.

[Jeff]

Finally, they have to make more effort.

[Radio Host]

It's tough being a guy.

[Bert]

It's not easy.

[Ron]

Get it?

[Bert]

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