Originally published November 10 2005
Feelings of unattractiveness discourage menopausal women from sexual activity
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Penn State University researchers found that body image, not menopause, contributes more to the decrease of sexual desire and activity in older women.
Women who lose their sexual desire as they age may not be the victims of hormonal changes but may be reacting to their own body image, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
The more a woman perceived herself as less attractive, the more likely she was to report a decline in sexual desire or activity over the past 10 years, the team at Penn State University found.
"Our results suggest that 'treatment,' via medication, of menopausal effects for this purpose seems unwarranted in light of the findings that menopausal status did not have a significant impact on the sexual responding of the women in this study," said Dr. Patricia Barthalow Koch, an associate professor of biobehavioral health and women's studies who led the study.
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