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In order to understand sexual function in women, it is useful to consider the physiology of sexual function and the sexual response cycle. This chapter aims to discuss the sexual response models that have been developed over the years and consider the physiology of sexual response in women. It will also discuss how and why these have been refined over the years in line with advancing research, knowledge and understanding of female sexual function.
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The author would like to acknowledge and Thank Angela Gregory for her contributions to the early sexual response models section and description and key points of Basson’s model in this chapter.
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Rantell, A. (2021). Models of Sexual Response. In: Rantell, A. (eds) Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63843-6_2
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