OMG!!!!!! Thank you for Sarah, Chrissy, and Brittany for a wonderful presentation and THOROUGH wiki page. You all brought three long chapters into bright, beautiful, entertaining information. I do have to say that I was surprised you all include my Russell Brand's video from last week. I posted it because he spoke in detail some of my concerns regarding porn. I am curious about the motivation and rationale behind including this video with this particular disorder.
I am amazed by all the assessments and articles provided and found it ridiculously helpful especially in the clinical practice. I am also curious about what are the psychometrics on these assessments as I only recognize two of them.
In addition, I have NEVER heard of the TV show Sex Box, and I am dump-founded by how it is approved?! I don't want to make any judgement about the show since I have not seen it personally. But how is having sex in a box in front of millions of people sexy? appropriate? desirable? I would not be surprise if these men and women have "arousal disorder" while they are in the box.
Lastly, I LOVE the Trudel et al. (2001) study and quotes because it clearly defines the complicating aspect of FSD. It's never just one cause...
"found that from his interviews with couples, women reported feeling that their partners were always thinking and desiring sex, and lacked intimacy and empathy. They found that women in their study with HSD reported that “The most frequently reported self-directed negative thoughts among women refer to their physical appearance and self-image, the presence of performance anxiety and unrealistic expectations during sex, a lack of sexual interest, and family/financial and occupational preoccupations,"
That's so funny that you and I both posted the Russell Brand video to our blogs! And, almost on the same day, too! Great minds think alike ;)
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question (or, rather, your curiosity) regarding my motivation/rationale for including the video in with SI/AD, if you notice I posted the video in the etiology section with the risk factors. My rationale was that, along with organic factors, psychological and social factors influence the occurrence of the disorder. I felt that Russell's discussion on how porn affects our attitudes towards sex and how we relate to one another sexually related to these factors. As a perfect example, the quote you mentioned above, "the most frequent reported self-directed negative thoughts among women refer to their physical appearance and self-image, the presence of performance anxiety and unrealistic expectations during sex..." goes back to what Russell was talking about: how porn distorts our views about ourselves and about sex.
I hope this sufficiently answers your question :)
Thank you for all the wonderful things you said about our presentation! I'm glad people enjoyed it.