article_snippet: Researchers surveyed 481 heterosexual females, all sexually active but not in serious relationships.
article_snippet: First up, the study was based on women who weren’t in relationships so the overall percentage of ‘fakers’ (80 per cent) is hopefully lower in couples who are more comfortable with each other.
article_snippet: the study’s also best not to use the ‘fake the study to make the study’ technique at the beginning of relationships (unless you explain that’s what you’re doing, which is unlikely).
article_snippet: Read more about love and relationships at traceycox.com .
highlights_snippet: But study focused on women not in relationships .
  
highlights_snippet: Tracey advises that women with new partners should be honest .