Paper Title

Unmet medical need? Comment on the renewed attempt to medicalize women's sexual disinterest

Authors

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Peer Briken
Profile picture of Verena Klein
Verena Klein

Keywords

  • Sexual Apathy
  • Sexual Desire
  • Sexual Satisfaction
  • FDA Unmet Medical Need
  • Clinical Practice
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Desire-Behavior Discrepancy
  • Sexual Desire Definition
  • Female Sexuality
  • Brotto Study
  • Sexual Activity
  • Desire-Satisfaction Relationship
  • Women's Sexual Health
  • Psychosexual Research
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Sexual Desire Variability
  • Sexual Satisfaction Independence

Journal

Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung External link

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DOI

DOI Icon 10.1055/s-0042-108221

Publication Info

Volume: 29 | Issue: 02 | Pages: 158-169

Published On

June, 2016

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Abstract

Although the FDA postulates an unmet medical need, the "disorder" of sexual apathy is controversially discussed in clinical practice and research. The only problem is the fact that there is no consensus on the definition of sexual desire. Sexual desire and sexual behavior are not necessarily related. People can be sexually active without feeling desire and/or are not sexually active despite having a strong sexual desire (Brotto 2010). Furthermore, there is no clear connection between sexual desire and sexual satisfaction. Study results suggest that sexual satisfaction in women is relatively independent of the extent of their daily sexual desire (Brotto 2010).

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