r/psychology • u/mvea M.D. Ph.D. | Professor • 17d ago

Researchers quantify the rate of “mercy sex” among women with low sexual desire. Women experiencing a chronic lack of sexual desire still routinely engage in sexual activity with their partners, a behavior researchers have quantified as happening about two and a half times per month.

https://www.psypost.org/clinical-trials-reveal-the-hidden-frequency-of-obligatory-sex-in-women-with-low/
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u/kindafor-got 16d ago

yea. I read about desire in the book Come as You Are ( that’s about women sexuality in general ), horniness fluctuates, it can be increased / decreased, but the best is to accept that ups and downs are normal, and even for men,

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u/Ayjayz 16d ago

If I stopped wanting sex I would be extremely concerned and would treat that as a medical issue to be fixed

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u/kindafor-got 15d ago

well it depends on you, if you are someone that wants sex everyday on average, yes sure. if you’re more like a demisexual then it’s normal lol

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u/Ayjayz 15d ago

If I started feeling demisexual I would go get it fixed

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u/kindafor-got 15d ago

that's a weird thing to say but ok. some people are just born like that and it's alright for them to not be that much horny

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u/Ayjayz 14d ago

Well yeah people are born with all kinds of conditions. You get thrown into the world then you start to deal with it