Sexual aversion

1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Murphy ◽  
Michael Sullivan ◽  
Michael Leland
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Aversion

Painful intercourse. Dyspareunia and Vaginismus

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Győrfy Hajnalka
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Relaxation ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Premenopausal Women ◽  
Progressive Muscle Relaxation ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Relaxation Methods ◽  
Marital Problem ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Sexual Aversion

Dyspareunia and Vaginismus are two clinical forms of painful sexual intercourses, affecting mostly the premenopausal women with vaginal atrophy, and young 18-24 years old women. The symptoms may be caused by medical and gynaecological problems. The unpleasant intercourse has got a huge impact on the partner and the quality of marriage. Some women accuse themselves; some are aggressed, and their partner develop sexual aversion, anxiety, shame, depression, hostility, anger. The understanding partner is opened to communication and supports the healing process. Psychotherapy is needed for both partners, with clearly defined objectives which informs the couple that complete remission is very difficult to obtain. Women who suffer of dyspareunia have an increased sensitivity to pain. In the case of dyspareunia caused by medical conditions, healing consists of relaxation methods, exercises, progressive muscle relaxation and variation of sexual life „temperature” of the relationship, involving the partner in the therapy too. The client needs to feel that she is beautiful, attractive. She needs to maintain a permanent dialog with the partner. This is an important marital problem and therapists need to respect the values of the family involved. For the future it is important to help women and couples (classical, homosexual, disabled) to cure painful sexual intercourse and improve their intimacy.

Female Sexual Disorders: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl A. Kingsberg ◽  
Gail Knudson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Sexual Problems ◽  
Sexual Disorders ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Arousal Disorder ◽  
Female Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Sexual Aversion ◽  
Orgasmic Disorder ◽  
Female Sexual Disorders

AbstractSexual health is important to overall health and quality of life. Sexual problems have been associated with relationship problems and may interfere with overall health and they may also be a marker for other undiagnosed comorbid medical conditions. In order for healthcare professionals to manage the sexual health concerns of their patients, it is important for them to understand what constitutes good sexual health. To that end, it is necessary to have a working knowledge of the evolving theoretical models offered to describe a healthy sexual response as well as an understanding of the neurobiology of sexual function. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Revised lists six primary female sexual disorders: hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual aversion disorder, female sexual arousal disorder, female orgasmic disorder,dyspareunia, and vaginismus. Despite a growing awareness of the high prevalence of sexual disorders they are not typically identified nor treated. There are a number of reasons why clinicians fail to identify and treat sexual problems including insufficient training in sexual medicine and communication skills, time-constraints, and embarrassment. Treatment for female sexual problems is usually individualized and may include a combination of office-based education and basic counseling, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and treatment of concomitant medical conditions.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Incest Aversion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Kresanov ◽  
Jennifer Kotler ◽  
Michael Seto ◽  
Debra Lieberman ◽  
pekka santtila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Biological Child ◽  
Related Target ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Sexual Aversion

The biological costs of inbreeding are expected to have shaped human incest aversion. These costs depend on biological sex, relatedness, and age. Whereas previous studies have focused on investigating how these factors modulate incest aversion in siblings and cousins—family members of the same generation—here we examined relatives of different generations. In a population-based sample, 2,499 respondents reported reactions to imagined sexual behaviors with either a biological child or parent, a niece/nephew or aunt/uncle, or a stepchild or stepparent; these responses were compared to reactions to imagined sexual behaviors involving a friend’s child or parent. Replicating prior results, women report stronger incest aversions than do men. We extend previous findings by showing that incest aversions tended to be stronger between close (vs. more distant) intergenerational relatives. Indeed, for biological relatives, decreased degree of relatedness was associated with decreased incest aversion, and for biological relatives, the certainty in relatedness was also positively associated with incest aversion. As expected, age modulated sexual aversion for unrelated, but not related, target individuals. Sexual aversions toward step-relatives did not differ from sexual aversions to biological relatives.

scholarly journals Sexual Aversion and Lack of Sexual Desire in Woman: a Case from Clinical Practice

Health of Man ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Garnik Kocharyan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Medical Advice ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Cognitive Effects ◽  
Histrionic Personality Disorder ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Sexual Aversion ◽  
The Given

The article presents a clinical case with a 25-year-old female patient A., who has been married for 1 year, but before she was in a commonlaw marriage during 5 years with her present spouse, who is 30. They have not got any children. When she sought medical advice the patient informed that during 1.5 years she had been feeling sexual aversion to her husband (when he tried to take her in his arms, she had creeping sensations on her arms and back, a feeling of lump in her throat, and a desire to cry). She attributed it to the fact that her husband “does not pay enough attention to me”, he did not defend her against accusations from the side of his relatives and stood with his mother, faulting the patient for causing conflictual relations between the women. She did not feel any sexual desire toward her husband. Their sexual life was once a week. She let her husband loose with her only after she drank alcohol. A month before it was the end of their 8-month period, when she did not let her husband loose with her at all. Her husband put up with restrictions in their sexual life; he did not have any lover. Four months before she parted with her lover, with whom she was going 3-4 months. She did not feel any aversion to him. With time, by means of long conversations she succeeded in making her husband completely take her part in the conflict with his parents, and the spouses even severed any contacts with them. Our additional examination succeeded in revealing a number of the patient’s characterological peculiarities, particularly histrionic personality disorder, this fact confirming our clinical observations. The following diagnosis was made: sexual aversion, absence of sexual desire (selective variants) with development by the conversion (hysterical) mechanism. Treatment was provided with help of cognitive effects and hypnosuggestive therapy (its seven sessions were given). The cognitive effects were targeted at the patient’s complete acceptance of the belief that her husband fully supported her at that time and was entirely reliable. It was explained that in some cases disorders might base on the mechanism of conditioned pleasantness/desirability (conversion mechanism). But it was done in a very nuanced and kind way, since a straight-line explanation of this mechanism (“it is in your interests”) may cause a negative response and the treatment may be discontinued by patients. It was pointed out that sexual dysfunctions could result from influence of psychological factors: her bad relationships with her husband’s parents and with him. Suggestion in the hypnotic state was particularly targeted at elimination of sexual aversion, appearance of sexual desire toward her husband, generation of pleasant sensations during his caresses and kisses, presence of voluptuous (lascivious) sensations in frictions during coitus. Sexual intercourses were modeled too. It was also suggested that her husband was her defender, he stood with her and was entirely reliable. As the result of the given treatment, sexual aversion to the patient’s husband was nullified and her sexual desire toward him was completely restored.

Assessing sexual aversion in college students: The sexual aversion scale

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger C. Katz ◽  
Martin T. Gipson ◽  
Annette Kearl ◽  
Melinda Kriskovich
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Aversion

Sexual Fears are Increasing

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 476-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger C. Katz ◽  
Nicole Frazer ◽  
Leah Wilson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Dysfunctions ◽  
Sexual Anxiety ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Sexual Aversion

This study compared scores from three samples of college students ( N = 810) on the Sexual Aversion Scale, a measure of sexual anxiety based on DSM-III—R criteria for diagnosing sexual aversion disorder Measurements were taken in 1988, 1991, and 1992. There was a significant increase in sexual anxiety during this period, most of it attributable to fear of acquiring AIDS. Although the women reported more sexual anxiety than the men over-all, there was no difference on fear of AIDS. These findings could foreshadow an increase in sexual dysfunctions and desire disorders.

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