MY DOCTOR TELLS

In one of the rare studies done on Female Sexuality in Women of India, Dr. Ajit Avasthi, Professor of Psychiatry, at the Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research at Chandigarh, observes,

“A majority of them (66%) (women in the study group) admitted deriving pleasure from sexual experience at more than 75% times”.

The study team of PGI in their original article,
“Sexual behavior of married young women: A preliminary study from north India”, report

“three-fourths (75%) of them (women in the study group) accepted sexual advances by their spouse with pleasure.”

FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTIONING:

The study consisting of young married hetrosexual women of India has the following findings about female sexual functioning:
Most (96%) considered sex as an important aspect of life and were also satisfied with their own body (98%).

A majority of the participants were able to communicate their sexual desires or preferences to their spouses.

More than half of the sample (58%) admitted having inhibition or anxiety while performing sexual activity.

The same percentage of the sample reported that usually spouses took the initiative for sexual activity, while the remaining together initiated the activity.

Most of participants (93%) admitted that they performed sexual activity more than or as much as desired by their partners; three-fourths (75%) of them accepted sexual advances by their spouse with pleasure.

A majority of them (66%) admitted deriving pleasure from sexual experience at more than 75% times, while most of them (95%) revealed that both partners were satisfied with their sexual relationship.

Credits

SOURCE:
Indian Journal of Community Medicine
JOURNAL:
Indian J Community Med 2008;33:163-7
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.39677
STUDY AUTHORS:
Avasthi A, Kaur R, Prakash O, Banerjee A, Kumar L, Kulhara P.
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh – 160 012
India
TITLE:
Sexual behavior of married young women: A preliminary study from north India.
CITED:
Indian J Community Med [serial online] 2008
[cited 2009 Apr 7];33:163-7.
DATE PUBLISHED
March 8, 2008
DATE ACCESSED
April 17, 2009
To read the Original Article click here:
http://www.ijcm.org.in/text.asp?2008/33/3/163/39677
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS:
Ajit Avasthi
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh – 160 012
India