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Does employment affect female sexuality?

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Introduction: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a multifactorial condition that has anatomical, physiological, medical, psychological and social components. With increasing trendin the participation of women in the work force and due to the competing demands between work and family, the metaphor of work family conflict (WFC) as an increasing pressure in professional life has emerged. WFC seems to be more in women than men due to more overload and stress. Aim of the work: to compare female sexuality between employed women and unemployed ones. Subjects and methods: The current study was a cross sectional study. The subjects of this study were sexually active married women. The tool of the study was a self-report questionnaire. Results: Employed women were higher in coital frequency than unemployed ones (60.2% & 39.4% respectively). Spontaneous desire was reported by 41% of employed women to occur once per week compared to 34.7% of unemployed ones. Among the employed women, 38.2% could reach orgasm in almost all their sexual encounters compared to 12.7% of unemployed ones.      Among unemployed women, 10.4% reported sexual pain compared to 3.6% among employed ones. Conclusion:  Employed women have better sexual functioning than unemployed ones. Employed women have more coital frequency, more occurrence of spontaneous desire and are more able to obtain orgasm than unemployed women.

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10.21608/bmfj.2020.111870

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Employment, sexual dysfunction, Women

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Enas

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Abdallah

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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt.

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Ihab

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Younis

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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt.

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Hala

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Elhady

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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Benha faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt.

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37

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3

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2020-09-01

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2020-09-11

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2020-09-01

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626

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635

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1110-208X

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2357-0016

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787

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Benha Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023