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Beyond Dysfunction: A New View of Women's Sexual Problems

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Pages 225-232 | Published online: 19 Jan 2011

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Rebecca N. Frost & Caroline L. Donovan. (2015) Low sexual desire in women: amongst the confusion, could distress hold the key?. Sexual and Relationship Therapy 30:3, pages 338-350.
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Savannah Zwickl & Gareth Merriman. (2011) The association between childhood sexual abuse and adult female sexual difficulties. Sexual and Relationship Therapy 26:1, pages 16-32.
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Debra Herbenick. (2011) The Quest for the Elusive Female Orgasm. The Journal of Sex Research 48:1, pages 95-96.
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Richard Balon. (2008) The DSM Criteria of Sexual Dysfunction: Need for a Change. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 34:3, pages 186-197.
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JulieL. Shulman & SharonG. Home. (2006) Guilty or not? A path model of women's sexual force fantasies. The Journal of Sex Research 43:4, pages 368-377.
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JenniferL. Barsky, MichaelA. Friedman & RaymondC. Rosen. (2006) Sexual Dysfunction and Chronic Illness: The Role of Flexibility in Coping. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 32:3, pages 235-253.
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Marta Meana & SarahE. Nunnink. (2006) Gender differences in the content of cognitive distraction during sex. The Journal of Sex Research 43:1, pages 59-67.
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Patricia Barthalow Koch, Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, Debra Thurau & Molly Carey. (2005) “Feeling frumpy”: The relationships between body image and sexual response changes in midlife women. The Journal of Sex Research 42:3, pages 215-223.
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STANLEY E. ALTHOF, RAYMOND C. ROSEN, LEONARD DåE ROGATIS, ERIC CORTY, FRANCES QUIRK & TARA SYMONDS. (2005) Outcome Measurement in Female Sexual Dysfunction Clinical Trials. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 31:2, pages 153-166.
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Deborah Lovell, Nikki Hayfield & Zoe Thomas. “No one has ever asked me and I’m grateful that you have” men’s experiences of their partner’s female sexual pain. Sexual and Relationship Therapy 0:0, pages 1-24.
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