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What is Sexual Satisfaction?
Sexual Satisfaction is described by thousands of women in medical reports as the ability to achieve orgasm, and more importantly, achieve orgasm every time they are intimate; in other words "orgasm consistency". Sexual satisfaction is the expectation that a woman will achieve orgasm every time.
Orgasm can only be achieved from a state of maximal arousal. As men cannot experience orgasm without maximum arousal, women cannot achieve orgasm without maximum arousal, or a clitoral erection. A woman's clitoris become enlarged, rigid, and increasingly sensitive with erection. This allows a woman to achieve orgasm.
Medically defined benefits of sexual satisfaction
Sexual satisfaction is reported to increase a woman's sense of well being, reduce reaction to everyday life stresses, improve the emotional satisfaction within a relationship, and even prolong a woman's life. All of these positive benefits define an improved "quality of life." Sexual satisfaction and sexual health are "quality of life," not medical concerns.
You are not alone. If sexual satisfaction is a concern of yours, you are not alone! Oprah recently declared the problem of woman's sexual satisfaction as the "Silent Epidemic." Silent, because until recently women were reluctant to discuss their desire for sexual satisfaction. Epidemic, because of the reported 40 to 50 millions US women who endure reduced or absent sexual satisfaction.
What could be preventing me from achieving sexual satisfaction?
Knowledge! The knowledge that a woman must be maximally aroused before she can achieve orgasm is essential to each woman and her partner. The knowledge that age related decreases in hormones can be normal or abnormal, but both can prevent a woman from achieving maximum sexual arousal. Estrogen (produced from each woman's ovaries) is essential for each woman's sexual sensitivity ans responsiveness. More importantly, testoterone ( produced by each woman's adrenal gland is necessary for both desire (libido) and for "meaningful orgasms."
Medications! Many drugs can prevent sexual satisfaction by also altering a woman's hormones. Birth control medications, pills, injections, and implants are widely recognized to decrease or even completely prevent a woman's desire, sexual sensitivity and sexual responsiveness. Newer anti-depressants that alter serotonin, a hormone produced in a woman's brain, can prevent normal sexual arousal and responsiveness. This problem is reported by up to 80% of women on serotonin altering anti-depressants.
These hormones-related causes that prevent sexual arousal, responsiveness and therefore sexual satisfaction are physical, not emotional. These very real physical problems are not "all in your head." You cannot be psychologically counseled to increase your hormones.
It takes two to tango! 44% of women attribute divorce directly to the lack of a close rewarding relationship and the lack of sexual satisfaction within that relationship. A man's self centered or uncaring attitude can affect every aspect of a relationship, but this uncaring attitude can easily be seen with his lack of desire to help a woman achieve sexual satisfaction. Some very caring men desire to help women achieve sexual fulfillment and satisfaction, but they simply "don't know what to do!"
Finding sexual satisfaction! The good news is that this "epidemic" now has increased awareness of these problems and offers each woman hope. The first step to a solution is to reassure each woman that it is normal and natural to desire sexual satisfaction. The second step is to become knowledgeable about how a woman's body should normally function and what factors can prevent these normal functions. The third and final step is to become proactive and pursue your unique individual solutions. In doing so, you'll be on your way to finding Sexual Satisfaction.
Sources/References:
Berman, Jennifer R.; Berman, Laura; and Goldstein, I. "Female Sexual dysfunction: Incidence, Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Treatment Options" : Urology 54: 385-391,1999
Yadat, Jyoty; Gennareilli, L.; and Ratakonda, Uma "Femal Sexuality and Common Sexual Dysfunctions: Evaluation and Management in a Primary Setting" : Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS: Vol. 8; No. 1; Jan 2001
Hurlbert, D.; Apt, Carol; and Rabehl, Sarah Meyers "Key Variables to Understanding Female Sexual Satisfaction: An Examination of Women in Nondistressed Marriages" : Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy :Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer 1993
Darling, Carol Anderson; Davidson, J.K.; and Cox, Ruth P.; "Female Sexual Response and the Timing of Partner orgasm" . Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy: Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 1991
Kaplan, Helen Singer and Owett, Trudy "The Female Androgen Deficiency Syndrome" Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy: Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 1993.
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