Mental health articles

Common sexual problems in women are:

• pain during sexual intercourse – this may occur if the woman’s sexual passage (the vagina) is

dry, or when a man tries to have sex before she is ready or when he forces sex on her;

• loss of interest in sex.

Women’s sexual problems are commonly caused by:

• lack of control over sexual decision-making – this means the woman cannot choose when she

wants (or does not want) to have sex;

• infections in the sexual organs;

• tension or fear about having sex;

• sexual abuse in childhood or other unhappy or painful sexual experiences,

making enjoyment of sex difficult.

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