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Sexual Health
Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
Taking responsibility for your own participation in the sexual dialogue is essential. For instance, if you have low libido or minimal interest, addressing this with your partner is important. You can say, “My doctor told me it is common for women to have a low libido as they age, and that is now true for me.” Or, “I wish I had more interest, but I simply don’t think about sex. How is that affecting you?” Don’t be shy about advocating for a more dynamic sex life with your partner. You could suggest planning a scheduled time to have some sort of intimacy or sexual activity. You might start with once a week or even once a month, depending on what feels reasonable and comfortable. Help create opportunities to discuss ways to enhance your libido and orgasms.
Family planning
Published in Michael J. O’Dowd, The History of Medications for Women, 2020
In America, a number of books were published on sexuality and contraception, the most famous of which was Sexual Physiology by R.T. Trail (1866). The illustrated book dealt with many aspects of intimate sex life and contained practical information on birth control. Early advocates of the use of contraception in the USA were Robert Dale Owen of Indiana and Charles Nowlton, who spent three months in jail for his work on birth control. The strict European approach to contraception of the era was carried to the New World. Those who adopted an antibirth control stance found a champion in Anthony Comstock. One of ten children, he was born in Connecticut in 1844, and was said to have been influenced by his mother who was a strict Puritan. Comstock spent a large part of his life waging war on the emerging birth control movement in America, which he saw as an evil force. Many influential and wealthy people were attracted to his cause, and legislators introduced strict anticontraceptive laws in many of the States. The last of the so-called ‘Comstock’ laws prohibiting contraception was only finally struck out in 1973.
The Harm of Ableism
Published in Fritz Allhoff, Sandra L. Borden, Ethics and Error in Medicine, 2019
Joel Michael Reynolds, David Peña-Guzmán
Consider sexual health. One of the ways in which ableism operates is by turning people with disabilities into objects of pity, which is often accomplished through the de-sexualization of disabled bodies.18 In light of this de-sexualization, many abled-bodied individuals express surprise or even shock upon learning that disabled people have typical sex drives and lead fully active sex lives. Health-care providers are not exempt from this way of thinking and, like the rest of the population, tend to de-sexualize people with disabilities (Wieseler forthcoming).
Erectile Problems in Polish Straight, Bisexual, and Gay Men: Does Sexual Identity Really Matter?
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2023
Bartosz Grabski, Krzysztof Kasparek, Karolina Koziara, Magdalena Mijas
The research that aimed at searching for correlates of erectile problems in sexual minority men have pointed to: age (Bancroft et al., 2005; Hirshfield et al., 2010; Shindel et al., 2012; Vansintejan et al., 2013), voiding symptoms (Shindel et al., 2012), living with HIV (Hirshfield et al., 2010; Shindel et al., 2012), not being in a long-term relationship (Hirshfield et al., 2010; Shindel et al., 2012) or being in a long-term relationship (Vansintejan et al., 2013), prior use of erectogenic therapy (Shindel et al., 2012), not engaging in insertive anal intercourse (Shindel et al., 2012) or preference toward receptive and versatile sex role (Vansintejan et al., 2013), decreased satisfaction with sex life (Shindel et al., 2012), substance use and exposure to discrimination (Lau et al., 2008), frequency of sexual intercourse (Vansintejan et al., 2013), other sexual difficulties including decreased libido, ejaculation problems, and anodyspareunia (Vansintejan et al., 2013), as well as performance anxiety (Bancroft et al., 2005).
Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Logistical Factors Associated With Changes in Sex Life After Over a Year Into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in International Journal of Sexual Health, 2023
Liza Berdychevsky, Damien Cavanaugh, Jacinda K. Dariotis
To further illustrate the role of the relationship status, a study surveying the opinions of the Portuguese clinical sexologists argued that single people suffered from solitude while partnered people have navigated an increased burden of family roles (e.g., parenting) that exerted extra pressure and jeopardized privacy and erotic atmosphere (Pascoal et al., 2021). Indeed, it was found that having elementary school-aged children at home during the pandemic was associated with reduced partnered bonding behaviors (e.g., hugging, kissing, cuddling, holding hands) and reduced partnered sexual behaviors (e.g., oral sex, genital touching, vaginal sex) (Hensel et al., 2020). Despite the presented heterogeneity, available evidence shows that sexuality, being crucial to overall health and wellbeing, is threatened by the public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic (Ford et al., 2019; Panzeri et al., 2020; Starrs et al., 2018). The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related prevention measures are and will continue to be very important in people’s sex lives and, as a society, we will have to attend in the following years to various changes in sexual and intimate relationships at all levels (Ibarra et al., 2020).
Religiosity, Sex Frequency, and Sexual Satisfaction in Britain: Evidence from the Third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)
Published in The Journal of Sex Research, 2023
Nitzan Peri-Rotem, Vegard Skirbekk
While sex frequency has consistently been found to be correlated with satisfaction from sex life, recent studies have suggested that this relationship is not necessarily straightforward. For example, Schoenfeld et al. (2017) found that affectionate, supportive, and caring behaviors between spouses – e.g., non-sexual expressions of affection – were linked to both higher sex frequency and sexual satisfaction. Thus, they concluded that in order to understand variations in sexual satisfaction, the broader relationship climate should also be taken into account. Other studies have also emphasized the importance of relationship dynamics to sexual satisfaction. For instance, Waite and Joyner (2001) have shown that men and women who expected their relationship to last longer had higher emotional satisfaction and physical pleasure from sex than those who perceived their relationship as a short-term one. Similarly, a qualitative study on sexual experiences in New Zealand reported that both men and women expressed ambivalence toward casual sex, which was often described as “unfulfilling,” and stated an overall preference for sex within a long-term relationship (Farvid & Braun, 2017). These findings are consistent with a study by Muise et al. (2016), showing that sex frequency was significantly associated with happiness only among those who were in a romantic relationship.