Low sex drive in woman
Female sexual desire naturally fluctuates over the years. Highs and lows commonly coincide with the beginning or end of a relationship or with major life changes such as pregnancy, menopause or illness. If you are concerned by a low or decreased sex drive there are life style changes and sex techniques that may put you in the mood more often.
According to some studies more than 40% of females complain of low sexual desire at some point. Still researchers acknowledge that it is difficult to measure what’s normal and what’s not. If you want to have sex less often than your partner does neither one of you is necessarily outside the norm for people at your stage in life although your differences may cause you distress.
Similarly if your sex drive is weaker that it once was, your relationship maybe stronger than ever. There is no magic number to define low sex drive. It varies from woman to woman. Causes for low sex drive are based on a complex interaction of many components affecting intimacy including physical well being emotional well being, experiences, beliefs life styles and current relationships. Alcohol and drugs surgery, fatigue, menopause, pregnancy and breast feeding. Physiological causes such as anxiety depression, physical appearance low self esteem are also causes of low sex drive.