sirssubk2008 -> RE: Female orgasmic disorder (1/16/2011 10:05:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: kalikshama The nymphomania label was historically a way to oppress women with a sex drive. I couldn't find any connection to inability to orgasm on a scholarly site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersexuality This is not considered a scholarly site by most educational institutes standards. Anyone can go in and make any change they want on wikipedia. Nymphomania during the Victorian era Many Victorian era mental institutions treated nymphomania as an exclusively female mental illness. Women were classified as mentally ill for nymphomania if they were a victim of sexual assault, bore illegitimate children, masturbated or were considered to be promiscuous. Upon arrival at the asylum, doctors would give the woman a pelvic exam. If doctors felt that the woman had an enlarged clitoris, she would undergo treatments. These treatments included induced vomiting, bloodletting, leeches, restricted diet, douches to the head or breasts and at times, clitoridectomies. While all of this is definitely true, to get to the deeper understanding of what is now called hypersexuality, you have to delve into the psychology field. There is much to be learned about sexuallity from a psychological point of view and research in this area is slowly catching up.
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