SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN

Authors

  • Lucas Feitosa de Souza Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Daniela Siqueira Prado Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Íkaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35919/rbsh.v29i2.55

Keywords:

Sexual dysfunction, Sexual orientation, Internalized homophobia

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to verify if there is a difference in the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women who have sex with women and women who have sex with men only, and if the internal and external perceptions of sexual orientation stigma are related to sexual dysfunction. METHODOLOGY: a cross-sectional study with 105 women over the age of 18 years and sexually active, being 35 of the group women who have sex with women and 70 of the group women who have sex with men only. Sociodemographic aspects were evaluated and the Female Sexual Function Index was applied to all participants and the Internalized Homophobia Assessment Scale was applied only to women who have sex with women. Pearson's Chi-Square test, Fisher's exact test or Pearson's Chi-Square test with Monte-Carlo simulations were used to evaluate categorical variables. The significance level adopted was 5% and the R Core Team 2019 software was used. RESULTS: the overall prevalence of sexual dysfunction was 17.1%. There was no significant difference in the mean Female Sexual Function Index score between the groups (30,2±3,5x29,8±3,3, p=0.518). There was a better desire score in women who have sex with women (4,8±0,9x4,3±0,9, p=0.003). External and internal perceptions of stigma about sexual orientation were not related to sexual dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: the prevalence of sexual dysfunction was relatively low, there was no relationship between sexual orientation and sexual dysfunction, and the internal and external perceptions of sexual orientation stigma were not associated with sexual dysfunction.

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Author Biographies

Lucas Feitosa de Souza, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Acadêmico do curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Sergipe – UFS – Aracaju (SE), Brasil.

Daniela Siqueira Prado, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Professora Doutora do Curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Sergipe – UFS – Aracaju (SE), Brasil.

Íkaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Doutorando no Programa de pós-graduação em Biometria e Estatística Aplicada da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Published

2018-09-16

How to Cite

de Souza, L. F., Prado, D. S., & Barreto, Íkaro D. de C. (2018). SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN. Revista Brasileira De Sexualidade Humana, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.35919/rbsh.v29i2.55

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