Two-thirds of women reports on gender issues

August 2, 2010
Two-thirds of women reports on gender issues
George Atkinson

Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, a new study in female sexual dysfunction identified problems to reach orgasm and lack of desire as the most common sexual dysfunctions affecting women.

The involved researchers asked nearly 600 women aged between 18-95 on six key areas of female sexual dysfunction (FSD): lack of desire, arousal, lack of lubrication, issues problems to achieve an orgasm, lack of satisfaction and intercourse pain. Almost two-thirds of women surveyed reported at least one area of the problem.

"We found that 63 percent of women are victims of the Division of family services and that there were important links between the Division of family services and age, State of menopause and selective antidepressants," said study co-author Dr. Debra Fromer.

Some of the key findings included: more age groups sexually assets were 31-45 - age (87%), 18 - 30 years - old (85%) and 46-54 - year years (74%).Then fell sharply in the 55 - 70 - age (45%) and women who were over the age of 70 (15%).The more general problem was lack of desire (47%), followed by an orgasm problems (45%), problems of excitation (40%), lack of satisfaction (39%), lack of lubrication (37%) and pain (36%).Five of the six issues increased to women got older: 36 96%, excitation of 27-54%, lubrication of 26 to 45 per cent, satisfaction from 28 to 88%, and 10 to the single category that improves with age 56%.La pain wanted to orgasm, with greater in the group age (54%) than in the 31-45 (43%) and 46-54 (48%) of 18-30 age groups problems.

They were the three main problems by age group: 18-30 age: orgasm (54%), desire (36%) and the satisfaction (28%) de 31-45 years of age: wish (48%), orgasm (43%) and satisfaction (40%) from 46-54 years old: wish (65%), satisfaction (53%) and orgasm (48%) of 55 to 70 years of age: desire (77%), orgasm (66%), satisfaction (65%) more than 70 years of age: wish (96%), satisfaction (88%) and orgasm (87%).

"Researchers have found significant associations between the most important categories of sexual dysfunction, reduced physical and emotional satisfaction and well-being general.Por that is so important to ensure that problems are identified and addressed wherever possible," concluded Fromer.

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Source: Center of the University of Hackensack, New Jersey medical

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