Ancient Greeks invented the dildo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo

Tannahill, R. Sex in History. Stein and Day, NY, 1982. pp. 98-99.

Marital rape was not outlawed in the U.S. until 1993

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape_(United_States law)

Highly sexual women

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Blumberg, E. “The Lives and Voices of Highly Sexual Women,” Journal of Sex Research (2003) 40:146.

Stulhofer, A, et al. “Is High Sexual Desire a Risk for Women’s Relationship and Sexual Well-Being?” Journal of Sex Research (2016) 53:882.

Prevalence of low desire among women

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Laumann, E.O. et al. “Sexual Dysfunction in the United States: Prevalence and Predictors,” Journal of the American Medical Association (1999) 281:537.

Leiblum, S.R. et al. “Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Postmenopausal Women: U.S. Results from the Women’s International Study of Health and Sexuality (WISHeS),” Menopause (2006) 13:46.

Rosen, R.C. et al. “Sexual Desire Problems in Women Seeking Healthcare: A Novel Study Design for Ascertaining Prevalence of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Clinic-Based Samples of U.S. Women,” Journal of Women’s Health (2012) 21:505.

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Risk factors for low libido in women

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Laumann, E.O. et al. “Sexual Dysfunction in the United States: Prevalence and Predictors,” Journal of the American Medical Association (1999) 281:537.

Leiblum, S.R. et al. “Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Postmenopausal Women: U.S. Results from the Women’s International Study of Health and Sexuality (WISHeS),” Menopause (2006) 13:46.

Malmborg, A. et al. “Hormonal Contraception and Sexual Desire: A Questionnaire-Based Study of Young Swedish Women,” European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care (2016) 21:158.

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Otunctemur, A. et al. “Effect of Metabolic Syndrome on Sexual Function in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (2015) 41:440.

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Trompeter, S.E. et al. “Sexual Activity and Satisfaction in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Women,” American Journal of Medicine (2012) 125:37.

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Women tend to feel a libido surge at ovulation

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Clayton, A. et al. “Assessment of Sexual Functioning During the Menstrual Cycle,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (1999) 25:281.

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Gangestad, SW et al. “Changes in Women’s Sexual Interests and Their Partners’ Mate-Retention Tactics Across the Menstrual Cycle: Evidence for Shifting Conflicts of Interest,” Proceedings of Biological Sciences, The Royal Society (2002) 269:975.

Little, AC et al. “Preferences for Masculinity in Male Bodies Changes Across the Menstrual Cycle,” Hormones and Behavior (2007) 51:633.

Meuwissen, I. and R. Over. “Sexual Arousal Across Phases of the Human Menstrual Cycle,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (1992) 21:101.

Pillsworth EG et al. “Ovulatory Shift in Female Sexual Desire,” Journal of Sex Research (2004) 41:55.

Provost, MP et al. “Differences in Gait Across the Menstrual Cycle and Their Attractiveness to Men,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2008) 37:598.

Rudski, JM et al. “Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Ratings of Implicitly Erotic Art,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2011) 40:767.

Silber, M. “Menstrual Cycle and Work Schedule: Effects of Women’s Sexuality,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (1994) 23:397.

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Tarin, JJ and V. Gomez-Piquer. “Do Women Have a Hidden Heat Period?” Human Reproduction (2002) 17:2243.

Zillmann, D. et al. “Menstrual Cycle Variation of Women’s Interest in Erotica,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (1994) 23:579.

Libido spikes during summer and winter

Lam, D and JA Miron. “Seasonality of Births in Human Populations,” Social Biology (1991) 38:51.

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Tita, ATN et al. “Seasonality in Conception of Birth and Influence of Late Initiation of Prenatal Care,” Gynecology and Obstetrics (2001) 97:976.

Wellings, K et al. “Seasonal Variations in Sexual Activity and Their Implication for Sexual Health Promotion,” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (1999) 92:60.

Women’s libido during and after menopause

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Beigi, M. and F. Fahami. “A Comparative Study on Sexual Dysfunction Before and After Menopause,” Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research (2012) 17(2 Suppl. 1):S72.

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Dennerstein, L. et al. “Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Menopausal Women: A Survey of Western European Women,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2006) 3:212.

Graziottin, A. et al. “The Prevalence of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Surgically Menopausal Women: A Epidemiological Study of Women in Four European Countries,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2009) 6:2143.

Guthrie, J.R. et al. “The Menopausal Transition: A Nine-Year Prospective Population-Based Study. The Melbourne Women’s Midlife Health Project,” Climacteric (2004) 7:375.

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Leiblum, S.R. et al. “Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Postmenopausal Women: U.S. Results form the Women’s International Study of Health and Sexuality (WISHeS),” Menopause (2006) 13:46.

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Randolph, J.F. et al. “Masturbation Frequency and Sexual Function Domains Are Associated with Serum Reproductive Hormone Levels Across the Menopausal Transition,” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2015) 100:258.

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Thomas, H.N. et al. “Changes in Sexual Function Among Midlife Women: ‘I’m Older … and I’m wiser,’” Menopause (2017) epub ahead of print.

Thornton, K. et al. “Menopause and Sexuality,” Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America (2015) 4:649.

Trompeter, S.E. et al. “Sexual Activity and Satisfaction in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Women,” American Journal of Medicine (2012) 125:37

Worsley, R. et al. “Prevalence and Predictors of Low Sexual Desire, Sexually Related Personal Distress, and Hypoactive Sexual Desire dysfunction in a Community-Based Sample of Midlife Women,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2017) 14:675.

Mindfulness meditation improves women’s desire

Brotto, LA. et al. “Mindfulness-Based Sex Therapy Improves Genital-Subjective Arousal Concordance in Women with Sexual Desire/Arousal Difficulties,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2016) 45:1907.

Brotto, L.A. and D. Goldmeier. “Mindfulness Interventions for Treating Sexual Dysfunctions: The Gentle Science of Finding Focus in a Multitask World,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2015) 12:1687.

Brotto, L.A. and R. Basson. “Group Mindfulness-Based Therapy Significantly Improves Sexual Desire in Women,” Behavior Research and Therapy (2014) 57:43.

Brotto, L.A. et al. “A Psychoeducational Intervention for Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Gynecologic Cancer,” Archives of Sexual Behavior (2008) 37:317.

Brotto, L.A. et al. “A Mindfulness-Based Group Psychoeducational Intervention Targeting Sexual Arousal Disorder in Women,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2008) 5:1646.

Dascalu, I. and L.A. Brotto. “Sexual Functioning in Experienced Meditators,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (2018) 44:459.

Gunst, A. et al. “A Randomized, Waiting-List-Controlled Study Shows that Brief Mindfulness-Based Psychmological Interventions Are Effective for Treatment of Women’s Low Sexual Desire,” Journal of Sex Research (2019) 56:913.

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Patterson, L.Q. et al. “A Pilot Study of Eight-Session Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Adapted for Women’s Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder,” Journal of Sex Research (2017) 54:850.

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Stephenson, K.R. et al. “Effects of Mindfulness-Based Therapies for Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Meta-Analytic Review,” Journal of Sex Research (2017) 54:

Velten, J. et al. “Effects of a Mindfulness Task on Women’s Sexual Response,” Journal of Sex Research (2018) 55:747.

A self-help program increase women’s desire

Mintz, L.B. “Bibliotherapy for Low Sexual Desire: Evidence for Effectiveness,” Journal of Consulting Psychology (2012) 59:471.

A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex: Reclaim Your Desire and Reignite Your Relationship by Laurie Mintz, Ph.D., Adams Media, 2009.

Wanting Sex Again: How to Rediscover Your Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage by Laurie Watson, LMFT. Berkley, 2012.

Tribulus terrestris boosts women’s libido

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DeSouza, K.Z. et al. “Efficacy of Tribulus Terrestris for the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial,” Menopause (2016) 23:1252.

Kemenov, Z et al. “Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Tribulus Terrestris in Male Sexual Dysfunction: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial,” Maturitas (2017) 99:20.

Neychev, V. and V. Mitev. “Pro-Sexual and Androgen-Enhancing Effects of Tribulus Terrestris: Fact or Fiction?” Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2016) 179:345.

Postigo, S. et al. “Assessment of the Effects of Tribulus Terrestris on Sexual Function of Menopausal Women,” Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (2016)38:140.

Qureshi, A et al. “A Systematic Review on the Herbal Extract Tribulus Terrestris and the Roots of Its Putative Aphrodisiac and Performance-Enhancing Effect,” Journal of Dietary Supplements (2014) 11:64.

Roaiah, M.F. et al. “Prospective Analysis on the Effect of Botanical Medicine Tribulus Terrestris on Serum Testosterone Level and Semen Parameters in Males with Unexplained Infertility,” Journal of Dietary Supplements (2016) 23:1.

Roaiah, M.F. et al. “Pilot Study on the Effect of Botanical Medicine Tribulus Terrestris on Serum Testosterone Level and Erectile Function in Aging Males with Partial Androgen Deficiency,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (2016) 42:297.

Do estrogen, androgens and Flibanserin (Addyi) increase women’s desire?

Achilli, C. et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Transdermal Testosterone in Postmenopausal Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Fertility and Sterility (2017) 107:475.

Aftab, A. et al. “Flibanserin and Its Discontents,” Archives of Women’s Mental Health (2017) 20:243.

Bouchard, C. et al. “Effect of Intravaginal Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA) on Female Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women: ERC-230 Open-Label Study,” Hormones, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Investigations (2016) 25:181.

Cappelletti, M. and K. Wallen. “Increasing Women’s Sexual Desire: The Comparative Effectiveness of Estrogen and Androgens,” Hormones and Behavior (2016) 78:178.

Davis, S.R. et al. “Clinical Review: DHEA Replacement for Postmenopausal Women,” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2011) 96:1642.

Derogatis, L.R. et al. “Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Premenopausal Women: Efficacy of Flibanserin in the VIOLET Study,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2012) 9:1074.

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Gao, Z. et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Flibanserin in Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2015) 12:2095.

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Jaspers, L. et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Flibanserin for the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” JAMA Internal Medicine (2016) 176:453.

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Katz, M. et al. “Efficacy of Flibanserin in Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: Results of the BEGONIA Trial,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2013) 10:1807.

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Nappi, E. “Why Are There No FDA-Approved Treatments for Female Sexual Dysfunction?” Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy (2015) 16:1735.

Nappi, R.E. and L. Cucinella. “Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Treating Female Sexual Dysfunction,” Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapy (2015) 16:875.

Panjari, M. and S.R. Davis. “DHEA for Postmenopausal Women: A Review of the Evidence,” Maturitas (2010) 66:172.

Pollack. A. “FDA Approves a Drug for Low Libido in Women,” New York Times, August 19, 2015.

Pollack, A. “FDA Pressed on ‘Women’s Viagra,”’ New York Times, June 1, 2015.

Pollack, A. “FDA Panel Backs ‘Women’s Viagra,”’ New York Times, June 5, 2015.

Portman, D.J. et al. “Flibanserin in Postmenopausal Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: Results of the PLUMERA Study,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2017) 14:834.

Reviriego, C. “Flibanserin for Female Sexual Dysfunction,” Drugs Today (2014) 50:549.

Scheffers, C.S. et al. “Dehydroepiandrosterone for Women in the Peri- or Postmenopausal Phase,” Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews (2015) 1:CD011066.

Simon, J.A. et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Flibanserin in Postmenopausal Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: Results of the SNOWDROP Trial,” Menopause (2014) 21:633.

Terrier, C. and J.E. Terrier. “Efficacy and Safety of Flibanserin, the “New Female Viagra:” Literature Review,” Progress in Urology (2016) 26:592.

Thorp, J. et al. “Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Premenopausal Women: Efficacy of Flibanserin in the DAISY Study,” Journal of Sexual Medicine (2012) 9:793.

Tungmunsakulchai, R. et al. “Effectiveness of Low-Dose Testosterone Undecanoate to Improve Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women,” BMC Women’s Health (2015) 15:113.

Vale, F.B. et al. “Sexual Dysfunction in Premenopausal Women Could Be Related to Hormonal Profile,” Gynecology and Endocrinology (2017) 33:145.

Wierman, M.E et al. “Androgen Therapy in Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2014) 99:3489.

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FDA approves bremelanotide (Vyleesi) for low desire

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-treatment-hypoactive-sexual-desire-disorder-premenopausal-women

Thomas, K. “Libido Drug for Low Desire Is Approved by the F.D.A.,” New York Times, June 22, 2019.

For many women desire is the not cause of sex, but it’s result

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Basson, R. “Recent Advances in Women’s Sexual Function and Dysfunction,” Menopause (2004) 11(6 Pt. 2):714.

Basson, R. “A Model of Women’s Sexual Arousal,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (2002) 28:1.

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Basson, R. “The Female Sexual Response: A Different Model,” Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (2000) 26:51.

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Leavitt, C.E. et al. “Different Ways to Get There: Evidence of a Variable Female Sexual Response Cycle,” Journal of Sex Research (2019) 56:899.

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