Not exact matches
But while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved more than two dozen drugs targeting a range of male
sexual matters, pharma has turned a cold shoulder to
female dysfunction, despite the prevalence of conditions like hypoactive
sexual desire disorder, a chronic disinterest
in sex estimated to affect 8 to 14 percent of American women ages 20 to 49.
She co-founded and last served as CEO for Sprout Pharmaceuticals where,
in 2015, the company broke through with the first ever FDA - approved drug for low
sexual desire in women — dubbed «
female Viagra» by the media.
The FDA has twice rejected flibanserin, sometimes touted as a «
female Viagra,» first when Boehringer Ingelheim pitched it
in 2010 and then again
in 2013 after tiny Sprout landed rights to the drug and then mounted its own campaign for an approval for hypoactive
sexual desire disorder
in premenopausal women.
But this theme is really about
female sexual liberation
in an age of repressed
desire.
The fact that the human
female does not have limited periods of
sexual desire and availability (although she does have times of heightened and diminished
desire), is probably a major reason for the development of two - parent family life
in the dim prehistory of human beings.
Yet, once again, Genesis seems to speak truly, not only by presenting as a distinct «aspect» this basic level of sexuality — animal lust for union — but also
in hinting that, at this level,
sexual desire may be asymmetrically distributed, with perhaps differing focus, direction, and intensity among males and
females.
Indeed, the different origin of man and woman, and the origin of woman from man's flesh and bone, may be a literary vehicle for suggesting and communicating basic natural differences
in male and
female sexual desire.
We can not reclaim marriage unless we reclaim the clear Christian witness that our
sexual desires must be ordered to their proper end: male -
female union
in the context of marriage.
most men indicated that their
sexual desire was sometimes feigned
in order to appear more masculine or reduce the chance of upsetting their
female partner.
This drug, which is being called a sex pill for women or «
Female Viagra» changes the hormone balance
in the brain and
in this way increases a woman's
sexual desire, thus resulting
in more enjoyable sex.
These early trials tipped clinicians to flibanserin's more prominent role
in sexual health, as female subjects had higher scores on the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale, a survey that asks participants to rate their satisfaction on a variety of sexual health topics, like how often participants felt sexual desire and how intense that desir
sexual health, as
female subjects had higher scores on the Arizona
Sexual Experience Scale, a survey that asks participants to rate their satisfaction on a variety of sexual health topics, like how often participants felt sexual desire and how intense that desir
Sexual Experience Scale, a survey that asks participants to rate their satisfaction on a variety of
sexual health topics, like how often participants felt sexual desire and how intense that desir
sexual health topics, like how often participants felt
sexual desire and how intense that desir
sexual desire and how intense that
desire was.
In other words, social norms might impose
female repression of
sexual desire.
Dr Bella Ellwood - Clayton, a
sexual anthropologist and author of Sex Drive:
in pursuit of
female desire, says our self - scrutiny and flagellation reside within a warped paradigm.
«Low
sexual desire in women is never straightforward as
female desire is 75 per cent contextual to what's going on around them,» says sex therapist Tanya Koens (sydneytherapist.com).
As Will Ferrell's onscreen lover and competition, Applegate is hilarious as the headstrong
female anchor trying to make it
in a man's world, her
sexual desires be damned.
This discourse by women artists and philosophers addressing issues of
female subjectivity and ownership of
sexual imagery for their own
desire and pleasure continues to be challenged and explored today by women
in art and popular culture.
«Specifically, for each additional month women
in this study were
in a relationship with their partner, their
sexual desire decreased by 0.02 on the Female Sexual Function Index,» the authors wrote online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Sex & Marital Th
sexual desire decreased by 0.02 on the
Female Sexual Function Index,» the authors wrote online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Sex & Marital Th
Sexual Function Index,» the authors wrote online Jan. 23
in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Sex therapy can help address a number of issues such as: lack of knowledge regarding
sexual health;
sexual issues related to religion / spirituality, family values, culture, and / or ethnicity; communication barriers related to
sexual intimacy;
sexual and relationship issues related to an affair and / or differences
in sexual pleasure preferences;
sexual health related to medical factors;
female orgasmic disorder;
female sexual interest / arousal disorder; erectile disorder (premature ejaculation); pain experienced during penetration; vaginismus; male hypoactive
sexual desire disorder; issues related to
sexual orientation and / or gender identity; lacking knowledge or relationship issues related to a sexually transmitted infection and / or safer sex practices; risky
sexual behavior related to substance use;
sexual issues or relationship issues related to history of
sexual abuse; and interest and / or lacking knowledge regarding BDSM, kink, and / or other
sexual lifestyles.