The female sexual response: a different model

J Sex Marital Ther. 2000 Jan-Mar;26(1):51-65. doi: 10.1080/009262300278641.

Abstract

Clarification of women's sexual response during long-term relationships is needed. I have presented a model that more accurately depicts the responsive component of women's desire and the underlying motivational forces that trigger it. The variety of arousal/orgasm responses is also acknowledged. The purpose is both to prevent diagnosing dysfunction when the response is simply different from the traditional human sex-response cycle and to more clearly define subgroups of dysfunction. The latter would appear to be necessary before progress in newer treatment modalities, including pharmacological, can be made.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Awareness / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Libido* / physiology
  • Orgasm / physiology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Sexual Behavior* / physiology
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / diagnosis*
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / physiopathology
  • Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / psychology