The impact of religion and culture on sexual function…and dysfunction is fascinating and complex. In this episode I am joined by Dr. Seemena Rahman, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ob-Gyn at Northwestern University and one of the few experts in the study of the impact of religion on sexual function.   Dr. Rahman published a pivotal scientific paper in Sexual Medicine Reviews about female sexual dysfunction among Muslin women

 Dr. Streicher and Dr. Rahman discuss:




The impact of colonialism on sexual expression in the Muslim world 
In general, the impact of religion on sexuality
If religious women tend to have more sex, or less sex
The impact of maintaining virginity prior to marriage on sexual satisfaction later in life
Religions that emphasize that female pleasure is as important as male pleasure
If the timing of intercourse is dictated in religions other than Judaism 
Buddhism and sexual practices
The attitude of various religions on oral sex, anal sex, and masturbation?
Religious attitudes towards post menopause sex when reproduction is no longer possible
If pleasure or reproduction is emphasized in most religions 
Sexual dysfunction and sexual abuse in Muslim women
If observant women get better care from a doctor who is the same religion


For more information on Dr. Rahman




Dr. Rahman’s Website: cgcchicago.com
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Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/drsamchicago/

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 
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