COLLAB 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Helen Singer Kaplan, Vascular Surgery, Double Standard
9 Mar 2016
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Persistent or recurrent diiculty with a lack of sexual desire or arousal, or diiculty reaching orgasm. Happen to everyone from ime to ime: many sufer in silence (avoid opportuniies, anicipaion) Apa diagnosic & staisical manual of mental disorders 2013 (5th ed) Female hypoacive desire disorder and female arousal disorder were merged to female sexual interest/arousal disorder . Dyspareunia, and vaginismus were merged into genito-pelvic pain/penetraion disorder . Classiies as: occurred for 6 months of more. Acquired (develop following a normal period of sexual funcion) Situaional (afect sexual funcioning in only some situaions) Persistent or recurrent lack of sexual desire or aversion to sexual contact. Litle or no sexual interest more common among women. Appreciate afecion and inimacy but no interest in genital simulaion. Issues: no standard deiniion of low sexual desire and many impose a male model of what is normal sexually on women. Hormonal deiciencies, anxiety, depression, dissaisfacion with relaionship, all contribute to lack of desire.
