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Sexual addiction — is a controversial term to describe sexual behaviour that is characterized at least by two key features: recurrent failure to control the behavior and continuation of the behaviour despite harmful consequences. While this condition is not… … Wikipedia
Sexual dysfunction — or sexual malfunction (see also sexual function) is difficulty during any stage of the sexual act (which includes desire, arousal, orgasm, and resolution) that prevents the individual or couple from enjoying sexual activity.OnsetEmotional factors … Wikipedia
Sexual medicine — is a medical specialty that deals with sexual health. At times heavily influenced by current local views on morality, with heavy cultural overlay, in broad terms this specialty is concerned with diagnosing, assessing and treating all aspects… … Wikipedia
sexual dysfunction — [DSM IV] any of a group of sexual disorders characterized by disturbance either of sexual desire or of the psychophysiological changes that usually characterize sexual response. Included are sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorders,… … Medical dictionary
Sexual fetishism — Classification and external resources Foot fetishism is one of the most common fetishes ICD 10 F … Wikipedia
Sexual obsessions — are obsessions with sex, and in the context of Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) these are extremely common (Foa et al, 1995). Sexual obsessions can become extremely debilitating, making the sufferer ashamed of the symptoms and reluctant to… … Wikipedia
Sexual assault — Classification and external resources Konstantin Makovsky, The Bulgarian martyresses, a painting depicting the atrocities of bashibazouks in Bulgaria during the Russo Turkish War (1877–1878) … Wikipedia
Sexual maturity — is the age or stage when an organism can reproduce. It is sometimes considered synonymous with adulthood, though the two are distinct. In humans, the process of sexually maturing is termed puberty. Most multicellular organisms are unable to… … Wikipedia
Sexual mimicry — is where one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a species. Examples of sexual mimicry in animals are the spotted hyena, bonobo chimp, spider monkey, lemur, european mole. It also occurs in plants, where flowers of one sex may mimic … Wikipedia
Sexual infantilism — or genital infantilism is the syndrome of delayed or arrested development of sexual organs i.e., delayed puberty or absent puberty observed for a number of congenital and endocrine disorders.Francis S. Greenspan, David G. Gardner (2004) Basic… … Wikipedia
