Health Care : Current Reviews

Assessment of sexual functioning among college teachers

Global Healthcare & Fitness Summit

July 20-22, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Sunita Sharma, Karobi Das and Indarjit Walia

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Sexual satisfaction plays a major role in marital relations. Active participation of women is responsible for making the relationship sexually fulfilling. In order to assess the sexual functioning among working women a study was conducted in two local colleges of Chandigarh. Total 42 randomly selected postgraduate women teachers in age group of 30-56 years have filled a standardized questionnaire of Rosen and Taylor on sexual satisfaction. Findings revealed that the subjects appeared to be sexually well adjusted. Two third (61.9%) women were found to be sexually active, 47.6% expressed that both the partners equally initiated the sexual act. Majority of the women have not answered the frequency of engaging in the different sexual experiences like kissing, sexual fantasy, masturbation, foreplay, oral sex and vaginal intercourse. Half of the women were very satisfied with their sexual relationship. One third of women felt that sexual activity was very important part of their life. It was concluded that working women were well adjusted, sexually active and satisfied with their sexual life.

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