Table 1.

Views of Sexual Function from a Clinical Perspective: Comparison of Published Studies

Davidson16	Behaviors associated with libido or sexual motivation: sexual desire, sexual fantasies, and satisfaction or pleasure
	Potency: pelvic vasocongestion, orgasmic contractions, and possible extragenital responses
Sarrel and Whitehead9	Desire phase: loss of desire or sexual aversion
	Excitement phase: touch sensation impairment, loss of clitoral sensation, vaginal dryness, and urinary incontinence
	Orgasmic phase: primary or secondary
	Dyspareunia: vaginal dryness, vaginismus as conditioned response to painful penetration