Emotional intelligence is an advantage in many aspects of your life including the bedroom. This will help enormously in the development of behavioural and cognitive therapies to improve women's sexual lives. However low EI is a risk factor for female orgasmic disorder.
There is a significant association between EI and frequency of orgasm both during masturbation and sexual intercourse. Women in the bottom 25 percent of the emotional intelligence range had twice the normal risk of infrequent orgasm. Emotional intelligence seems to have a direct impact on women's sexual functioning by influencing her ability to communicate her sexual expectations and desires to her partner.
Emotional intelligence has a possible association with a woman's ability to fantasise during lovemaking. The study will appear in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.