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“Everyone has their own unique sex drive and libido,” explains Sherry Ross, M.D., women’s sexual health expert and author of she-ology and the she-quel. “What a high libido is to one ...
There’s no concrete answer, although one study found that women experience decreased sex drive between ages 55 and 64; another study found that as many as 40 percent of women over 60 have low ...
A possible explanation for the non-category specific genital arousal in women, which also accounts for their high individual variation, is the "preparation hypothesis". This hypothesis suggests that, provided there is enough of an increase in vaginal blood flow for vaginal lubrication to occur in a sexual context, the magnitude of arousal need ...
Vyleesi, the brand name of bremelanotide, is also FDA-approved to help women with low libido. However, unlike Addyi, Vyleesi is an on-demand drug that works via injection into the thigh or abdomen ...
Psychological needs also complicate the biological explanation, which identifies the temporal/frontal lobe of the brain as the area for regulating libido. Injuries to this part of the brain increase the risk of aggressive behavior and other behavioral problems including personality changes and "socially inappropriate" sexual behavior such as ...
A review of STI treatment clinical trials found that 72.7% of risk-reduction clinical trials excluded participants over the age of 50, and 88.8% excluded those over the age of 65. [7] In order to generate more responsive SHS and engage a population that is often excluded from participatory research, researchers need to include older adults in ...
The first is a biological framework, also known as sex drive (or libido), in which sexual desire comes from an innate motivational force like an instinct, drive, need, urge, wish, or want. [8] The second is a sociocultural theory in which desire is conceptualized as one factor in a much larger context (e.g., relationships nested within ...
“Studies have shown that women with PCOS are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction, including lower sex drive, arousal, lubrication, orgasm and satisfaction.” Over on the male side, Dr ...