Femal Arousal Disorder

For issue 1.4 the discussion explored the question of whether or not sexual problems should be treated pharmaceutically. Connie Newman advocated for pharmaceutical treatment while Anita Hoffer argued against. Connie Newman presented her argument with various research, referring to the DSM to support her argument that sexual problems were not only a psychological but also physiological problem. She also laid out a comprehensive timeline demonstrating how the sexual problems have been viewed and treated over the years, progressing from purely a psychological based treatment to VIAGRA being an accepted method of treatment for male patients with erectile dysfunction (McKee, 2013, p. 51). However she did recognize that treatments for women had not

During the late 19th century, the ideals of middle-class, respectable sexuality were in a state of flux. Published findings by renowned psychiatrists such as Richard von Krafft-Ebbing and Sigmund Freud helped to recreate and build upon sexual knowledge, establishing never before heard of terms for a variety of sexual behaviors. Often, therein lies an implicit bias when codifying topics of study. Therefore, due to the major shifts during the late 19th and early 20th century in how sexuality is classified scientifically and medically, psychiatry plays a primary role in creating concepts such as “normal” and “abnormal” sexuality.

In her article, Jane Gerhard, depicts the patterns, discussions, and debates among specialists, clinicians, and women's activists in twentieth century, surrounding women’s orgasms. The main 'Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm' was a 1968 oeuvre composed by Anne Koedt. It contended against the regular affirmation that woman got delight solely through intercourse, and investigated woman' sexuality. She talks about the convictions about the orgasm that existed in the primary portion of the twentieth century. As of now, a "partner marriage" where a hetero couple would love and look after each other, and have intercourse, was viewed as the correct and "ordinary" thing to do. It was settled upon, amongst clinicians and sexologists, that intercourse was

Post-orgasmic disorder is when, after an ejaculation, an individual can get very sick. There are two types of post-orgasmic disorder. Primary and secondary. As mentioned in orgasm disorders; anorgasmia, primary post-orgasmic illness is lifelong and men never experience an orgasm and secondary can be acquired; or when men used to have orgasms but no longer have them. There are two subtypes which include generalized and situational. Post-orgasmic disorder tends to be situational when an orgasm can occur in situations such as masturbating and watching pornography but not through sexual activities and it can be generalized when an individual cannot orgasm at all but, can ejaculate. Men that obtain this disorder because they don't produce enough testosterone in their

Many doctors, pharmacists, biochemists and scientific researchers have engaged tremendous efforts to providing drugs and supplements that would help overcome sexual malfunction and ill-health.

Victims are prone to painful, unsatisfying, obligatory, orgasm lacking sex. Sexual problems can include arousal issues, spasms of the vagina and flashbacks, not to mention emotional issues related to sex such as sexual guilt, anxiety and low self-esteem (Finkelhor and Browne, 1985, 1988). Victims may feel like they are supposed to be intimate with a partner instead of wanting to be and that leads to feelings of irritability, hate and resentment (www.psychologytoday.com, Laumann, Piel and Rosen,

effects of sexual activity, and that this was the cause of its wandering about the body and contributing

orgasm and how its “supposed” to occur is another way that this disease was socially

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex is author Mary Roach’s devilishly entertaining analysis of the history and study of sexual physiology. Throughout the book, Roach manages to simultaneously debunk and dismiss the stigma of sex research, effectively and approachably explain the field, and point out areas that have yet to be studied thoroughly. She describes the early pioneers of sex research as well as some of the oddities of their methods, historical beliefs and practices, and also discusses some of the more recent physiological discoveries in the field. She effectively balances her focus between the human aspect of discovery and the actual knowledge itself. Through recollections of her personal investigations, one can easily deduce that Mary Roach is dedicated to her research. Trips ranging from laboratories and

Resistance to sex research has caused large misunderstanding about our human sexuality. This resistance has been shaped by our society’s moral views. Our society’s perceptions have greatly influence the type of sexual research conducted and the funding that has gone towards sexual research. This has overall influenced the outcome of sexual research has had.

It was now apprehended that ovulation ran separately to intercourse, and that, effectively, a mutual orgasm was not needed for conception. Accordingly, it was no longer necessary for females to orgasm or feel pleasure during sex and, hence, increasingly less attention was paid to these matters. Instead, the focus of female sexual health shifted to sexual desire, or more correctly, the lack of it.

Women sexuality

As both organic and psychosexual components may be responsible for dyspareunia, there is a need for a thorough patient assessment - including medical history, physical examination and psychological evaluation. Such multidisciplinary approach is warranted prior to any treatment interventions.

This research is comprised of 32 sexually active females for the experiment on classical conditioning for sexual response. This research is about observing conditioned genital responses in females using diverse conditioning measures and genital vibrostimulation and unconditional stimulus (US). Neutral pictures were used as conditional stimuli (CS) and the genital vibrostimulation as the unconditional stimuli (US). Instruments used included pictures, genital vibrator, and a computer program for time supervision. The CS+ produced more VPA results than the CS-. In addition, the genital and individual sexual responses were successfully modulated by the differential conditioning pattern.

of the clitoris makes it impossible for the woman to have an orgasm. If the person