FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Vaginal Lubrication, Sexual Dysfunction, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Sexual dysfunction: a persistent or recurrent difficulty with a lack of sexual desire or arousal, or difficulty reaching orgasm. 3 types of sexual difficulty: low sexual desire, painful intercourse, lack of orgasm during intercourse (study): online survey for uofg women. Felt sexually frustrated some of the time. Sexually frustrating situations included: lack of orgasm, unaffectionate partners, unavailability to their partners, refusal of partner to have sex. Women experience vaginismus (involuntary contraction of muscles that surround vaginal barrel; making penetration painful) Hypoactive sexual-desire- people with little/no interest or desire: more common among women. Can still be sexually active, reach orgasm, lubricate etc. Sexual-aversion disorder- find sex disgusting, aversive; avoid genital contact. When we are stimulated sexually, our bodies respond with vascongestion, which produces lubrication in the female and erection in the male. Failing to achieve or sustain erections or lubrication necessary to facilitate sexual activity is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)erectile dysfunction(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)female sexual-arousal disorder(cid:863)