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Women and men with distressing low sexual desire exhibit sexually dimorphic brain processing [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDistressing low sexual desire, termed Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD), affects approximately 10% of women and 8% of men. In women, the ‘top-down’ theory of HSDD describes hyperactivity in higher-level cognitive brain regions, suppressing lower ...
Natalie Ertl +15 more
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Quality of Life, Pain, and Sexual Desire in the Elderly Over 65 Years of Age [PDF]
Brain and BehaviorPurpose Sexuality is recognized as a fundamental dimension of human well‐being; however, gaps remain in understanding how changes associated with aging, such as chronic pain, affect sexual desire and quality of life.
Patricia Rocamora‐Pérez +6 more
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Changes in Sexual Desire and Behaviors among UK Young Adults During Social Lockdown Due to COVID-19
Journal of Sex Research, 2021 This study examined self-reported changes in young adults’ sexual desire and behaviors during the most significant social restrictions imposed to deal with COVID-19.
L. Wignall +6 more
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Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2022 Although some evidence exists to suggest that single (i.e., unpartnered) individuals are less sexually satisfied on average than are partnered individuals, it is unclear whether the variables correlating with each group’s sexual satisfaction are similar ...
Yoobin Park, Geoff Macdonald
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The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2021 Low sexual desire in women partnered with men is typically presumed to be a problem—one that exists in women and encourages a research agenda on causation and treatment targeting women. In this paper, we present a distinct way forward for research on low
Sari M. van Anders +4 more
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Sexual Desire, Depressive Symptoms and Medication Use Among Women With Fibromyalgia in Flanders
Sexual Medicine, 2022 : Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is associated with sexual dysfunction, though much less is known about the sexual desire, and especially dyadic and solitary sexual desire, among women with fibromyalgia.
Roel Van Overmeire, PhD +4 more
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Medicalization of Sexual Desire
European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2021 Medicalisation is a social phenomenon in which conditions that were once under legal, religious, personal or other jurisdictions are brought into the domain of medical authority.
Jacob Stegenga
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Sexual Function and Related Factors in Lactating Women with Decreased Sexual Desire referred to Sonqor Health Centers in 2018 [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2021 Introduction: Various factors such as childbirth and breastfeeding can affect women's sexual function, it is important to know about sexual problems and related factors in the postpartum period.
Soodabeh Aghababaei +4 more
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Factors influencing low sexual desire and sexual distress in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study
International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine, 2021 Background: Sexual desire and sexual distress are determined by emotional, psychosocial, hormonal, and anatomical factors during pregnancy. Objective: To identify the factors contributing to female low sexual desire and sexual distress during pregnancy ...
Mina Malary +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In this online cross-sectional survey study in a large community sample we investigated the associations between attachment-related relational needs, partner responsiveness, intimacy, and sexual desire, using structural equation modeling.
Jacques J. D. M. van Lankveld +3 more
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