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. 2004 Sep 4;329(7465):559-61.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.559.

Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and ageing

Jane Read¹

Affiliations

PMID: 15345632
PMCID: PMC516113
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.559

Review

Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and ageing

Jane Read. BMJ. 2004.

. 2004 Sep 4;329(7465):559-61.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.559.

Author

Jane Read¹

Affiliation

¹ enderby@janeandray.ndo.co.uk

PMID: 15345632
PMCID: PMC516113
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.559

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Prayers being read before a lingham, the phallic symbol of Shiva, Hindu god of fertility. Fertility has always been vitally important in human society, and emotional reactions to infertility may affect sexual activity

Figure 3
Older women are often expected to be celibate (Detail of Madame Bonnatt, the artist's mother (1893) by Leon Bonnat)

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