Sexual pleasure! It's all a mind game

Those who always blame to their body for not enjoying full sexual pleasure should rethink again, as a recent study has proved that brain matters more for enjoying sex ahead of body.

This vital fact has been revealed by a recent research that has been conducted by the US research team led by Howard P. Greenwald of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and Ruth McCorkle of Yale University in New Haven, Conn.

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The scientists have conducted study on the sexual experience of women who lost their hormonally motivated sexual organ ovary, operated for cervical cancer. As per earlier scientific study, the removal of ovary decreases the testosterone level- the hormone responsible in both male and female sexual behaviour.

The study was based on the interview of 179 women who had been diagnosed for cervical cancer, and their experience were ranged between six to 28 years after initially diagnosed for cancer.

In conclusion, the researchers found that over 80 percent of the cervical cancer survivors reported sexually active while 81.4 percent said they "sometimes," "almost always" or "always" desired sexual activity and 90.9 percent indicated they enjoyed sexual activity at least some of the time. One few of them reported unwillingness about sex.

Meanwhile, the interviewed women have also informed that after surgery, up to six years, they had to face sexual assault problems and women identity because after the uterus removal case, they had to face the problems of vaginal lubricants and deficiency of testosterone hormones.

But, after that, they have resumed their previous sexual life, as stated by lead author Howard Greenwald, a USC professor with the School of Policy, Planning, and Development. “Our findings, which demonstrate the existence of widespread interest and satisfaction with sex in the absence of a crucial hormone underscore the importance of non-hormonal components of sexual interest and satisfaction,” he said by adding that this reflects that the key to sexual satisfaction is less about biology and more about psychology.

Enlightening about his research, Howard added, “This observation is important because the public places so much emphasis on ‘hormones’ in sex and the pharmaceutical industry is poised to release a whole new generation of hormone-based drugs for female sexuality.”

The study has been published in the recent issue of Journal ‘Women’s Health’ entitling “Sexuality and Sexual Function in Long-Term Survivors of Cervical Cancer.”