It is noteworthy that the attachment and body appreciation variables differed significantly in how much of the variance
of the sexual functioning domains they predicted (i.e., 4.9 % of desire, 13.5 % of arousal, 16.7 % of lubrication, 16.8 % of orgasm, 28.5 % of satisfaction, and 7.4 % of absence of pain).
Satinsky, Reece, Dennis, Sanders, and Bardzell (2012) found in a sample of North American adult women that body appreciation positively predicted sexual arousal, the ability to reach orgasm, and sexual satisfaction aspects
of sexual functioning.
Body appreciation predicted higher sexual desire and arousal, but none of the other domains
of sexual functioning.
Although it is clear that body image issues can negatively affect different domains
of sexual functioning (for a review, see Woertman & van den Brink, 2012), little is known about associations between sexual functioning and positive aspects of body image.
Since duration of partnership and relationship quality were found to be related to romantic attachment (Davis et al., 2006; Feeney, 2004), body image (Ambwani & Strauss, 2007; Weller & Dziegielewski, 2005), and aspects
of sexual functioning (Davis et al., 2006; Klusmann, 2002; Murray & Milhausen, 2012), it would be valuable to include these variables in further research.
However, our results did not confirm findings of Birnbaum (2007) since attachment anxiety was not directly associated with areas
of sexual functioning in the model.
However, the desire and absence of pain domain
of sexual functioning were not predicted by attachment - related avoidance.
Participants completed an on - line questionnaire assessing autism symptoms, psychological functioning, and various aspects
of sexual functioning.
The Quantum Model proposed here provides a systemic framework
of sexual functioning which integrates biological and emotional functioning, and elucidates why bodies function sexually and why sometimes they don't.
Range
of sexual functioning and behavior, from optimal to problematic including, but not limited to, common issues such as: desire discrepancy, lack of desire, difficulty achieving or maintaining arousal, sexual pain, penetration problems and difficulty with orgasm.
Loss
of sexual functioning, weight gain and muscle loss are common for men and early menopause is common for women.
In this context he defines the sin of contraception as to «subordinate the primary purpose potential
of the sexual function and organs to secondary purposes of the sexual act, this subordinationunderstood of a physical ordering of nature»; «the primary end intrinsic to the physical nature of the act [may not be] subordinated to other purposes».
Testosterone is a steroid hormone involved in the regulation
of sexual function, urinary health and metabolism as well as a number of other critical functions.
On top of this, the surrounding neuroplexus in this region is very dense and very sensitive and any nerve damage can easily result in incontinence or loss
of sexual function.
Dobs I see a lot of men who, as they get older, don't have the same kind
of sexual function they had when they were younger, and the same thing goes for women.
The FSFI19 is a patient self - reported measure
of sexual function in women, with scores ranging from 2 to 36 and higher scores indicating greater function.
Dr. Isaac Kim, Chief of Urologic Oncology, has also developed a new surgical technique for nerve sparing (Athermal Intrafascial Robotic Prostatectomy or AIR prostatectomy) using the robot that leads to faster recovery
of sexual function as well as bladder control.
Preservation
of sexual function is a topic that is proactively addressed with men before a treatment decision is made and continues openly throughout prostate cancer care in many centers, Lindau said.
The same journal also found that a regular yoga practice improves several aspects
of sexual function in women, including desire, arousal, orgasm, and overall satisfaction.
The lack
of sexual function I could deal with, and the hot flashes just seemed like a good sweat.
All aspects
of sexual function revolve around it.
Both men and women alike may suffer from depression, suicidal ideation and loss
of sexual function due to the use of Finasteride.
Assessment
of Sexual Function in People With Cancer General Factors Affecting Sexual Functioning Evaluated in Assessment Current Sexual Status Premorbid Sexual Functioning VIII.
, the therapist must have a sound knowledge of the anatomical and physiological bases of the sexual response and must be able to demonstrate extensive post-graduate training specifically within the areas
of sexual function and dysfunction, sex counseling, and sex therapy.
Secondly, the therapist must have a sound knowledge of the anatomical and physiological bases of the sexual response and must be able to demonstrate extensive post-graduate training specifically within the areas
of sexual function and dysfunction, sex counseling, and sex therapy.
(One - hour Case Discussion) Couple Dimension
of Sexual Function & Dysfunctions — The Important Role of Conflict in Sexual Relations (Plenary) Rome, Italy.
Life Cycle Comparative Analysis
of Sexual Function in Women with Normal and Overweight Body Mass Index
The Dutch version (ter Kuile, Brauer, & Laan, 2006) of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)(Rosen et al., 2000) was used to assess the key dimensions
of sexual function in women.
Not exact matches
Respondents who had robotic surgeries reported less pain after a day and a week, and there were no differences between the two types
of patients after 12 weeks when it came to
sexual function or urinary control.
If there is a distortion in the numbers, it is probably largely a
function of the fact that those who agree to participate in a
sexual survey probably have different attitudes from those who refuse to participate.
For a large segment
of our culture, «God» has ceased to
function as a check on
sexual activity.
Serious dating serves the
function of «shopping,»
of sizing up the potential candidates for marriage in terms
of an essential criterion: «To what extent can I expect this person to satisfy my basic personality and
sexual hungers?»
Isn't the theme thus perennial and not a
function of this new thing called the
sexual revolution, exhibited so vividly by last summer's («Time
of the Season» hits the charts in 1968) Summer
of Love?
(II) All kinds
of brain operations alter the personality
of a patient to some degree; many pharmaca, particularly lysergic acid, alter the brain
functions to great extents; and the male and female
sexual hormones cause the psychic differences between man and woman — injections
of the opposite hormone can alter the
sexual mentality to a high degree.
Among other outrages, the programme shows cartoon animations
of young people masturbating in order to teach children about the
function of their
sexual organs.
At the specifically human level, however, the primary
function of the
sexual desire, drive, and equipment is not reproductive but conjunctive or unitive.
The most intimate aspects
of our lives, in particular our
sexual and religious feelings, need to be shielded from the objectifying and trivializing gaze
of the public, and so shame can provide a sort
of protective
function.
Likewise against the Manichees in the matter
of the goodness
of sexual desire and
function, and against the Pelagians in the matter
of its perfection and the need
of inner grace to attain that perfection, Augustine gave again to the Church a synthesis
of divine and human reasoning which the Church in his day, and for a thousand years and more afterwards, recognised as true in fact to the consequences
of her doctrine.
If you separate them, you destroy both meanings; i.e. if you «disconnect» or divorce
sexual intercourse from its inherent procreative meaning or
function, you deprive it
of its unitive meaning and
function.
We fear that he reduced sex in marriage to a
function, a tool, and speaks so highly
of the primary purpose
of procreation that he downgrades and devalues the relational intimacy and bonding through
sexual intercourse.
He thinks that this may cause a problem in the «psychology and activities
of men,» for it will eliminate the only emotive
function equal in importance to
sexual love.
It held that the words used by Carlin were offensive «for the same reasons that obscenity offends,» noting the FCC's finding that ««[o] bnoxious, gutter language describing [
sexual and excretory bodily
functions] has the effect
of debasing and brutalizing human beings.»
Furthermore, the center
of a woman's
sexual arousal, the clitoris, has no known
function except as a source
of pleasure.
For these responses may help to illuminate also the situation
of heterosexuals for whom neither marriage nor celibacy, as traditional categories
of sexual vocation,
function to clarify their situation
of concrete obedience to Christ.
Apparently God inspired his prophets to offer proposals for a new
sexual ethic, and correct the waywardness
of repressive Christianity, only from the age
of rubber goods and great technological power over the bodily
functions of man — which was very convenient.
Researchers included normal - weight and overweight women in the study, noting that weight problems are common with the disorder, known as PCOS, and a source
of mental health problems that could affect
sexual function.
May support the oxygenation
of the whole body, mental power, muscle tone,
sexual energy, and immune
function.
The drug blocks the action
of an enzyme that hampers not only
sexual ability but also the
function of the lungs in low - oxygen environments.
The idea
of a man having
sexual thoughts prompted by the sight
of my breasts performing their sole
function makes me nauseated.
In a society where we are constantly bombarded by
sexual images
of breasts — women in bras, women in bikinis, women with lots
of cleavage — why is it worse to see breasts performing the one
function they're made to do?