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What refers to the biological characteristics that make us male or female?
Sex
What is the way in which an individual experiences being male or female?
Includes physical, emotional, and social aspects.
Sexuality
What is how an individual or society defines "male" or "female"? Gender roles
are socially and culturally defined attitudes, behaviors, expectations, and
responsibilities for males and females?
Gender
What is the personal, private connection each of us has about being male or
female; it defines the degree to which people identify themselves as male, female,
or some combination of the two?
Gender identity
About how many women report sexual dysfunction or problems?
40%
How many patients rely on patient to address sexual dysfunction problems?
75%
Does lack of sexual interest automatically mean hypoactive sexual desire
disorder?
No
, What does it mean a woman is not having orgasm and it's bothering her?
Orgasmic disorder
What is it when a woman has never had orgasmic disorders?
Primary
What is it when a woman used to have orgasms but now can't?
secondary
What is it when the vagina involuntary spasms when they try to have penetrative
sex?
Vaginismus
What is it when one spot is painful during sex?
Vestibulodynia/vulvodynia
What is the best way to ask women about sexual history?
Open-ended questions (during well woman exam)
Sexual problems are symptoms of?
Something else
What are some etiologies of sexual issues?
(1) chronic illness (2) depression and its treatment (3) relationship issues (4) stress (5)
modern life and role strain (6) adverse childhood experiences (7) trauma (8) cultural
considerations (9) iatrogenic
What is the guide for clinicians who aren't sex therapists to help patients with
sexual concerns?
(1) permission (2) limited information (3) specific suggestion (4) intensive therapy