Sexual Arousal and Sexual Pain Disorders in Women

Charmaine Borg*, Lara Lakhsassi, Peter de Jong

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Abstract

Low or disrupted sexual arousal is discussed as a transdiagnostic-underlying denominator for women’s sexual dysfunctions. The role of sexual arousal in attenuating the inhibitory aspects of sexual stimuli, as well as factors that weaken sexual arousal are described and clinical implications critically discussed. We put specific emphasis on the bidirectional relationship of sexual arousal and disgust/pain along with the role of disgust and pain expectancies in sexual dysfunctions. Thereby, we aimed to provide a critical evaluation of the treatment options for inhibited sexual arousal with focus on generic and specific interventions targeting disgust: a critical feature that thus far received only scant attention in the available literature
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAndrology and Sexual Medicine
EditorsSelcuk Sarikaya, Giorgio Ivan Russo, David Ralph
PublisherSpringer
Chapter12
Pages227–241
Number of pages15
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-12049-7
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-12048-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2-Nov-2022

Publication series

NameManagement of Urology
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)2730-6372
ISSN (Electronic)2730-6380

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