New research study on women's sexuality
More research and debate about women's sexuality. "A new study suggests sex researchers have been overestimating the prevalence of sexual problems in women for years -- perhaps because they have been looking at things from a man's point of view. . . . Research on the topic has tended to focus on physical aspects of sex, such as orgasms and arousal. But the new study found that the best predictors of a woman's sexual satisfaction are her general emotional well-being and her emotional relationship with her partner."
I was interested by this piece and also by an earlier story you posted suggesting that hormone replacement therapy is...not really wanted by most women (unlike those weird guys who will even take Viagra because they want to have sex) in order to keep sexual arousal up during or after menopause...
I'm a woman. I like sex and care whether or not I'm interested in it--although I also find I can *get* interested with some foreplay and not only "just because I feel that way."
I do think orgasm-all-the-time may be less important to women. But while I do care about both my emotional well-being and the quality of my relationships--very much so--I think it's nonsense to talk about sexual wellbeing as not being about sex.
Just as a postscript to my comment above let me say that I don't think redefining sexuality in the way the two articles I mentioned would like to is remotely feminist. I think it plays into the very sexist idea that "nice girls don't" or at the very least don't *really* want to.
