Course 5
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Table 1
Table 2 Intro
Similarities in Female and Male Dysfunctions
男女性功能障礙-新術語體系

男女性功能障礙的相似性
極為常見的是，性功能障礙被定義為關乎進行或享受性交(陰道性交——譯者注)的能力。因而，男女雙方的性反應可能會在三個途徑發生功能障礙：
  1. 性交不能開始，因為性器官沒有顯示出最初的反應(缺乏性生理喚起，也就是說在男女雙方任何一方缺乏膨脹和女方陰道痙攣)。
  2. 性交挫敗感，因為在一方或雙方性伴看來，發生性高潮要麼過早、要麼太遲(性高潮時機不滿足)。
  3. 沒有達到性高潮-從根本上說(缺乏性高潮)  ，新的和更為合適的術語體系應該反映這些基本的生理學事實，從而使治療師和病人能夠對功能障礙方便作出準確的診斷。術語應該適用於男女兩個性別，就像當描述人體性反應時那些術語適用於兩性一樣。簡而言之，新術語體系會對每一個人都非常有幫助，要是到了將來，男女性功能障礙將會與從前不同的方式進行分類：
Female and Male Sexual Dysfunctions -
A New Terminology

Similarities in Female and Male Dysfunctions
Most often, sexual dysfunctions are defined in relation to the ability to perform or enjoy coitus. Thus, both the male and female sexual responses can be dysfunctional in three ways:
  1. Coitus cannot begin, because the sex organs do not show the necessary initial reaction (lack of physical arousal, i.e. lack of tumescence in either sex and vaginismus in women).
  2. Coitus is frustrating because, in the opinion of one or both partners, orgasm occurs either too early or too late (unsatisfactory timing of orgasm).
  3. No orgasm is reached at all (absence of orgasm). A modern, more adequate terminology should reflect these basic physiological facts and thereby in able both the therapists and the patients to arrive at a precise diagnosis of the problem at hand. The terms should be applicable to both sexes, just as they already are when it comes to describing the human sexual response. In short, it would be very helpful for everyone concerned if, in the future female and male sexual dysfunctions would be listed in a different way:
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