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Dyspareunia Looks Sexy on First But How Much Pain Will It Take for It to Score? A Reply to My Critics Concerning the DSM Classification of Dyspareunia as a Sexual Dysfunction

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  1. Department of Psychology, McGill University, and Sex and Couple Therapy Service, McGill University Health Center (RVH), Montreal, Quebec

    Yitzchak M. Binik Ph.D.

  2. Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Canada

    Yitzchak M. Binik Ph.D.

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Binik, Y.M. Dyspareunia Looks Sexy on First But How Much Pain Will It Take for It to Score? A Reply to My Critics Concerning the DSM Classification of Dyspareunia as a Sexual Dysfunction. Arch Sex Behav 34, 63–67 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-005-1000-1

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