How Common Is Lack of Sex Drive In Women? Posted: 10-30-07 07:36am
extremely common. The American Medical
Association has estimated that several
million US women suffer from what US
doctors prefer to call 'female sexual
arousal disorder' or 'FSAD'. However,
recent (2005) US claims that ‘45 per
cent of women have FSAD’ are clearly
absurd. At the moment there is a sort of
‘FSAD bandwagon’ – driven by doctors
who think that nearly half the female
population is lacking in desire.
This really doesn’t seem very likely!
However, in the UK, family planning
clinics and Relate clinics do see quite
large numbers of women who complain of
lack of desire. Our estimate is that at
any one time, several hundred thousand
women in Britain are troubled by lack of
libido. It's important to stress that many
of these women have no problems with
having orgasms. However, they have no real
desire to have sex, and their minds are
not turned on by the prospect of
lovemaking. Fortunately, for many women,
lack of libido is only a temporary
phenomenon. Some will get over it by
themselves - and a lot more can be helped
by expert medical or psycho sexual advice.
FEMALE LIBIDO:
The female libido or sex drive changes
throughout the menstrual cycle as do many
other aspects of life. Libido often peaks
at mid cycle and premenstrually and the
experience of these separate peaks is
different. Moods aside, in natural state
female have an "inordinately high drive
and orgasmic capacity" at this time.
Biological sexual peaks, like many
behavior in the human body are thought to
reflect the action of hormones. Two of the
hormones linked to female desire are
testosterone and estrogen. Testosterone is
the sex hormone most often associated with
men, aggressiveness, lust and masculinity.
Women produce testosterone too, (in the
ovaries and adrenal glands), albeit at
much lower levels than men.
Both estrogen and testosterone levels peak
at mid cycle they seem to combine
interactively affecting the brain in
different ways. Whilst testosterone may
work to boost libido and energy,
estrogen's basic behavioral strategy is to
hone the senses.
