Sentences with phrase «of female sexual desire»

As feminist art sought visual form for the depiction of female sexual desire, the surrealist movement provided important models.

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.

Many women — some studies estimate this number is as high as one - third of all adult women — have a condition known as female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).

«The sexual revolution that liberated (especially) female sexual desire from the confines of marriage, and even from love and intimacy, would almost certainly not have occurred had there not been available cheap and effective female birth control — the pill for the first time severed female sexual activity from its generative consequences.

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.

From the beginning, the female's sexual desire is uninhibitedly expressed: «O that you would kiss me»; «Draw me after you»; «Awake, 0 north wind»; «Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits»; «Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields» (S. of S. 1:2, 1:4, 4:16, 7: 11).

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.

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 desirsexual 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 desirSexual 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 desirsexual health topics, like how often participants felt sexual desire and how intense that desirsexual 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.

The study, which surveyed 3,740 Swedish females between the ages of twenty - two and twenty - eight, found that those taking hormonal birth control were twice as likely to report decreased sexual desire than those using non-hormonal methods.

Her (Harron) torpid adaptation of Rachel Klein's novel about female sexual desire, jealousy, death wishes, and vampires at a girls» boarding school defeats Harron's talent for exploring darkness on the edge of kinkiness.

Loved it at first thinking it would be a «T» version of Skyrim (popular, but way too gory / sexual for my taste as a Mom buying games for my son AND, myself, having loved playing video games since the first Pong, AND one of the 50 % of the gaming market developers seem to forget exist - I have no desire to play DDR, Zumba, or Cooking Mama just because I'm female, hello??).

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.

This workshop delves into the science of female sexuality, provokes personal and professional insight, and provides opportunities to create strategies for helping clients and patients navigate the complex world of desire and authentic sexual expression.

«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 Thsexual desire decreased by 0.02 on the Female Sexual Function Index,» the authors wrote online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Sex & Marital ThSexual Function Index,» the authors wrote online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.

Rhythms of desire: The association between menstrual cycle phases and female sexual desire.

Researchers asked male and female participants to look at photos of couples or opposite - sex individuals and indicate whether the photos elicited lust (i.e., sexual desire) or love.

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.

Dr. Ian Kerner will discuss the latest science - based research informing the treatment of common DSM - 5 sexual issues such as female sexual interest and arousal disorder (FSIAD), male hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), erectile disorder (ED), premature ejaculation (PE), female orgasmic disorder (FOD), and problematic sexual behaviors such as excessive use of internet pornography.