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What Is Type D Personality, and How Might It Relate to Erectile Dysfunction?

What Is Type D Personality, and How Might It Relate to Erectile Dysfunction?

Different people are prone to different personality traits due to heredity and environmental factors. Psychologists and social scientists have grouped some of these features into distinct personality types so as to gain a better understanding of the diverse preferences, motivations, and behaviors of a group of people.

What Are Some Complications of Buried Penis?

Buried penis is a medical condition in which the penis becomes hidden under excess genital or abdominal fat tissues. Though the penis may otherwise be normal in terms of size and function, its buried state makes it internal rather than external, presenting a number of sexual and overall health problems for the individual who is affected.

Does Genital Size Impact Genital Self-Image?

Does Genital Size Impact Genital Self-Image?

Previous research indicates that most people are satisfied with or at least feel neutral about their genitalia. Nevertheless, some individuals are not satisfied with their genitalia, and this situation can have negative consequences on their mental and sexual health.

How Does Menopause Affect Sexuality?

How Does Menopause Affect Sexuality?

Menopause is the point of time in a woman’s life when she stops having her period. It is defined as not having a menstrual cycle for 12 months. There is also a transition time leading up to menopause called perimenopause, during which women may experience lighter and less frequent periods as well as symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats, headaches, vaginal dryness, and others.

How Might a Person’s Age at Their Sexual Debut Impact Their Sexual Health?

How Might a Person’s Age at Their Sexual Debut Impact Their Sexual Health?

Having sexual intercourse for the first time at a younger age has been shown to be associated with adverse sexual health outcomes. However, the authors of a recent study contend that defining a person’s sexual debut as the first time they have intercourse offers a narrow view of their sexual development and experiences. Therefore, they decided to reexamine the sexual health outcomes of a younger sexual debut using broader definitions of each variable.

What Is the Connection Between an Enlarged Prostate and Urinary Symptoms?

The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that is responsible for producing seminal fluid (the fluid that sustains and carries sperm). It is located between the bladder and the penis, and it wraps around the urethra, which is the tube that allows urine to flow out of the body.

Should You Reduce Your Social Media Use for the Sake of Your Sex Life?

Should You Reduce Your Social Media Use for the Sake of Your Sex Life?

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are increasingly popular vehicles of communication. Given their widespread use and influence on individuals and society, it is no wonder that these sites have an impact on various aspects of our lives. According to a recent study, social media may even have an effect on our sex lives.

Analysis of Sexual Frequency Per Week of Pregnancy

Analysis of Sexual Frequency Per Week of Pregnancy

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Pregnancy is a time of great physical and hormonal change for women. These physiological changes naturally impact a woman’s sexuality as well, which may result in changes in sexual frequency and other sexual behaviors.

What Are the Benefits of Vibrators for Sexual Health?

What Are the Benefits of Vibrators for Sexual Health?

The electric vibrator was invented in the late 1880s by an English physician named Joseph Mortimer Granville. Originally, it was designed to be used as a tool to relieve male patients’ muscle aches and pains. However, some historians claim that physicians used vibrators as an efficient way to deliver “pelvic massages” to women who had been diagnosed as hysterical, a process they had previously been conducting manually.

Could Explicit Motor Imagery Help Women With Genito-Pelvic Pain?

Could Explicit Motor Imagery Help Women With Genito-Pelvic Pain?

Explicit motor imagery (EMI) is the technique of thinking about moving without actually moving. It is a method that is sometimes used for chronic pain management to help individuals gradually alter their brain’s response to pain.

Why Don’t I Ejaculate When I Orgasm?

You may be experiencing anejaculation and/or retrograde ejaculation. Anejaculation occurs when a man does not release semen from his penis when he orgasms. This could be due to failure of emission, which is when the semen fails to enter the urethra. Alternatively, it could be due to retrograde ejaculation, which is when the neck of the bladder does not fully close during ejaculation, allowing the semen to flow back into the bladder instead of out of the penis.

Sexual Aversion: A Distinct Disorder or a Consequence of Other Sexual Dysfunctions?

Sexual Aversion: A Distinct Disorder or a Consequence of Other Sexual Dysfunctions?

Sexual aversion was defined as a disorder in the fourth, text-revised edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). By this definition, sexual aversion disorder was “a persistent or recurrent extreme aversion to, and avoidance of, all or almost all genital sexual contact with a sexual partner (Criterion A), causing marked distress or interpersonal difficulties (Criterion B).”

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