{"id":804,"date":"2020-08-10T20:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/abnormalpsych\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=804"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:16:17","slug":"introduction-to-sexual-dysfunctions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-abnormalpsych\/chapter\/introduction-to-sexual-dysfunctions\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Sexual Dysfunctions","rendered":"Introduction to Sexual Dysfunctions"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0examine the characteristics, etiology, and treatments for sexual dysfunctions<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4053\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5351\/2020\/08\/03050512\/A-couple-holding-hands-on-a-couch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A couple holding hands on a couch.\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" \/>\r\n\r\nSexual health is vital to human society as we have to produce healthy children if society is to survive. Human sexuality is a complicated topic that affects society as a whole. Most societies impose strict rules about who may do what with whom because those rules have helped those societies survive. These rules are not universal, but they are almost always very strongly enforced either by public authorities or informally through social ridicule or castigation.\r\n\r\nIn this section, you will learn that there are a number of problems that can arise in the act of sex, and these are known collectively as\u00a0sexual dysfunctions.\u00a0Sexual dysfunction\u00a0is difficulty experienced by an individual or a couple during any stage of normal\u00a0sexual activity, including physical pleasure,\u00a0desire, preference,\u00a0arousal, or\u00a0orgasm.\r\n\r\nIn this section, we will examine\u00a0the characteristics, etiology, and treatments of sexual dysfunction disorders, including\u00a0sexual desire disorders,\u00a0arousal disorders,\u00a0orgasm disorders, and\u00a0pain disorders.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0examine the characteristics, etiology, and treatments for sexual dysfunctions<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4053\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5351\/2020\/08\/03050512\/A-couple-holding-hands-on-a-couch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A couple holding hands on a couch.\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sexual health is vital to human society as we have to produce healthy children if society is to survive. Human sexuality is a complicated topic that affects society as a whole. Most societies impose strict rules about who may do what with whom because those rules have helped those societies survive. These rules are not universal, but they are almost always very strongly enforced either by public authorities or informally through social ridicule or castigation.<\/p>\n<p>In this section, you will learn that there are a number of problems that can arise in the act of sex, and these are known collectively as\u00a0sexual dysfunctions.\u00a0Sexual dysfunction\u00a0is difficulty experienced by an individual or a couple during any stage of normal\u00a0sexual activity, including physical pleasure,\u00a0desire, preference,\u00a0arousal, or\u00a0orgasm.<\/p>\n<p>In this section, we will examine\u00a0the characteristics, etiology, and treatments of sexual dysfunction disorders, including\u00a0sexual desire disorders,\u00a0arousal disorders,\u00a0orgasm disorders, and\u00a0pain disorders.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-804\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div 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