𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵. Generations of women have been advised to engage in regular or frequent intercourse to avoid sexual pain. New research indicates that this advice is a myth.
"I have patients worried about restarting a sexual relationship because they think they will have pain," said L. Elaine Waetjen, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UC Davis Health, who led the study."There is an insinuation that women have a personal responsibility for their sexual pain. This notion takes the focus away from identifying actual causes of pain and working to treat or manage those causes.
Waetjen's group found postmenopausal women who used hormone therapy and women who reported vaginal dryness developed sexual pain more frequently."It seems postmenopausal hormone therapy was not significantly protective against developing pain," she said. "There are many gynecologists who specialize in older women's health who have been waiting for evidence that supports what they believe — that reduced sexual frequency does not lead to the development of pain, but actually it's the development of pain that leads to reduced sexual frequency," Waetjen said, adding that the study provides evidence to counsel patients concerned they are personally responsible for their pain.
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