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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1489845
This article is part of the Research Topic Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions View all 3 articles

Psychological and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Ecuadorian Women

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Doris Pérez-Vega Doris Pérez-Vega Andrés Subía-Arellano Andrés Subía-Arellano Jorge Buele Jorge Buele *
  • Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ambato, Ecuador

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    Human sexuality is a multifaceted process, and sexual desire plays a central role in the triphasic model of the sexual response cycle, as proposed by Helen Singer Kaplan. In this cross-sectional correlational study, we examined the relationship between various sociodemographic factors, such as age and motherhood, and sexual variables, including erotophobia, erotophilia, homophobia, and unconventional sex, with hypoactive sexual desire in women from Quito, Ecuador. The study sample comprised 421 women between the ages of 18 and 50, who were administered the Revised Sexual Opinion Survey and the Inhibited Sexual Desire Scale to assess their sexual attitudes and levels of desire. The findings revealed that age (F= 7.13, p<.001) and motherhood (F= 13.72, p<.001) had a significant impact on inhibited sexual desire. Furthermore, significant correlations were observed between inhibited sexual desire and age (r=.16, p<.001), motherhood (r=.18, p<.001), erotophobia (r=.19, p<.001), erotophilia (r=-.21, p<.001), and homophobia (r=-.18, p<.001). These results suggest that women who are older, mothers, or have higher levels of erotophobia are more likely to experience hypoactive sexual desire. In contrast, higher levels of erotophilia and homophobia were inversely related to hypoactive sexual desire. This contributes to a deeper understanding of how different personal and sexual attitudes influence sexual desire in Ecuadorian women.

    Keywords: Inhibited sexual desire, hypoactive sexual desire, Erotophilia, Erotophobia, Women

    Received: 07 Sep 2024; Accepted: 29 Oct 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Jorge Buele, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ambato, Ecuador

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