Does Sexual Desire Fluctuate More Among Women than Men?
There is a lay assumption that women's sexual desire varies substantially over time, whereas men's is stable. This assumption is mirrored in prominent theories of desire, which posit that women are more variable than men in the extent to which they desire sex, and that women's sexual desire is more...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1461 - 1479 |
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Springer Nature
May2023
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