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Female
Sexual Health Center
There is an apparent high prevalence of sexual dysfunction in non-clinical samples of women (1,2). It is unclear, however, whether the percentage of women reporting problems with desire (33%), orgasm (25%), and lack of satisfaction (22%) reflects the prevalence of true sexual dysfunctions. Traditional Sex Response Cycle of Masters, Johnson and Kaplan The stages of
sexual response have been described in discrete entities in progression
in a linear fashion--desire, arousal, plateau of high sexual
excitement, and orgasmic release--followed by resolution
with the caveat that women have several patterns of orgasmic release,
multiple, or prolonged. The overall focus is incorrect. Women tend to focus on composite emotional and physical satisfaction. Their physical satisfaction need not necessarily include orgasmic release. The women reporting lack of satisfaction in community surveys included those who were orgasmic. (2, 3,4) References
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