Motives between the Sheets: Understanding Obligation for Sex at Midlife and Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction
Monika Georgieva et al.
· https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2076278
This study investigated reasons for sex at last sex, with a focus on obligation (an avoidance motivation) and doing something nice for a partner (an approach motivation), and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction, while controlling for marital duration, age, and sexual desire. We investigated these reasons among married, midlife Canadian women (n = 324), men (n = 275), and 25 non-binary/gender queer participants 40 to 59 years of age.
Darling, Come Lay with Me or Talk with Me: Perceived Mattering and the Complementary Association between Sex and Communication within Marital Relationships
Haeyoung Gideon Park et al
https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.2018393
Kovacevic, K.*, Tu, E.*, Raposo, S.*, Rosen, N. O., & Muise, A. (2023). Is spontaneous sex ideal? Beliefs and perceptions of spontaneous and planned sex and satisfaction in romantic relationships. Journal of Sex Research.
Not enough early breast cancer survivors on Vag E. – Dr. Menn -
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Cold S, Cold F, Jensen MB, Cronin-Fenton D, Christiansen P, Ejlertsen B. Systemic or Vaginal Hormone Therapy After Early Breast Cancer: A Danish Observational Cohort Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Oct 6;114(10):1347-1354. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac112. PMID: 35854422; PMCID: PMC9552278.
Member question:
On the topic of pain with penetrative sex, what can go awry during the healing process from vaginal surgery for hysterectomy and prolapse repairs that might contribute to this?
Pelvic floor therapy, lubricants, moisturizers, estrogen and dialators are the armenatarium used but what happens when they are used long term but there is still pain upon insertion even a year out from surgery?
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