The existing literature on the long-term sequelae of child sexual abuse is reviewed. The evidence suggests that sexual abuse is an important problem with serious long-term sequelae; but the specific effects of sexual abuse, independent of force, threat of force, or such family variables as parental psychopathology, are still to be clarified. Adult women with a history of childhood sexual abuse ...

background : desirable sexual function has an important role in strengthening the marital life of the couples. sexual disorders can cause mental pressure and affect quality of life and marital relationship. methods : this was a descriptive analytical study in one group and one phase covering multivariables. the study sample included 384 women after delivery period that had the following inclusi...

CONTEXT Studies from the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have provided anecdotal reports of sexual violence. This study offers a population-based assessment of the prevalence of sexual violence and human rights abuses in specific territories within Eastern DRC. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of and correlations with sexual violence and human rights violations ...

Sexual arousal is category-specific in men; heterosexual men are more aroused by female than by male sexual stimuli, whereas homosexual men show the opposite pattern. There is reason to believe that female sexual arousal is organized differently. We assessed genital and subjective sexual arousal to male and female sexual stimuli in women, men, and postoperative male-to-female transsexuals. In c...

Paraphilia refers to the intense and persistent sexual interest and arousal towards objects, situations or individuals which are atypical, equal to and/or greater than normophilic sexual interests [1]. Paraphilic disorders in the DSM-5 include exhibitionism, fetishism, peadophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, transvestic fetishism and voyeurism possess a formal diagnostic criteria (APA, 20...

Dimorphic sexual differences in shape and body size are called sexual dimorphism and sexual size dimorphism, respectively. The degrees of both dimorphisms are considered to increase with sexual selection, represented by male-male competition. However, the degrees of the two dimorphisms often differ within a species. In some dung beetles, typical sexual shape dimorphisms are seen in male horns a...

Participants Participants were 58 women with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) linked to physical or sexual abuse when they were under 18 years old (based on DSM-IV criteria). All were self referred via advertisements or word of mouth.Mean age 34 years; 46% Caucasian; 20% African American; 15% Hispanic; 19% other ethnic groups. 48% had experienced both sexual and physical abuse, 39% had exp...