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Perhaps the most common problem tackled by sex therapists is what used to be called frigidity and is now called anorgasmia (a merciful abbreviation of the more grandiose “female orgasmic dysfunction”). This is often viewed as a pathological condition, due mainly to excessive guilt and anxiety in the woman, or to clumsy, ham-fisted love-making by the man. There maybe some truth in these ideas, but they obscure the real basis of the problem which can only be understood in terms of the differing nature of men and women.
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Wilson, G. (1987). Biological and Social Aspects of Female Sexual Functioning. In: Karas, E. (eds) Current Issues in Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6778-3_7
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