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Perimenopausal sexuality

Archives of Sexual Behavior volume 16, pages 225–234 (1987)Cite this article

Abstract

This report covers (i) the results of an interview survey concerning sexual responses of 124 women during the perimenopause (menopause transition), and (ii) the results of 52 women's prospective coital behavior records over 3 months with concomitant steroid analysis. Results indicated that (i) in general, the age group centering around 49 years appears not to be suffering from a particular sexual deficit in the dimensions of desire, response, or satisfaction in their sexul life, and (ii) a subset of women with especially low estradiol levels (< 35 mg/pl) tends to have reduced coital activity.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pensylvannia, 106 Dulles Building, 3400 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Celso Ramon Garcia M.D.

  2. Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA

    Norma McCoy Ph.D.

  3. Athena Institute for Women's Wellness Research, 30 Coopertown Rd., 19104, Naverford, Pennsylvania, USA

    Winnifred Berg Cutler Ph.D.

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Cutler, W.B., Garcia, C.R. & McCoy, N. Perimenopausal sexuality. Arch Sex Behav 16, 225–234 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541610

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Key words

  • menopause
  • sexuality
  • premenopausal transition
  • female sexuality
  • estrogens