Seeking a Deeper Understanding of the Underlying Causes of Sexual Pain in Women Who Have Undergone Female Genital Cutting

Sarah M Van de Velde¹, Nina Van Eekert^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium. sarah.vandevelde@uantwerpen.be.
² Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Comment

Sarah M Van de Velde et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;50(5):1897-1901.

doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01555-3. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

Sarah M Van de Velde¹, Nina Van Eekert^{2

3}

¹ Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium. sarah.vandevelde@uantwerpen.be.
² Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

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Response to Commentaries: Understanding Women's Responses to Sexual Pain After Female Genital Cutting.
Connor JJ, Brady SS, Chaisson N, Mohamed FS, Robinson BBE. Connor JJ, et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Jul;50(5):1907-1912. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02047-z. Epub 2021 Jun 7. Arch Sex Behav. 2021. PMID: 34100144 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Understanding Women's Responses to Sexual Pain After Female Genital Cutting: An Integrative Psychological Pain Response Model.
Connor JJ, Brady SS, Chaisson N, Mohamed FS, Robinson BBE. Connor JJ, et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Jul;50(5):1859-1869. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-1422-9. Epub 2019 Apr 22. Arch Sex Behav. 2021. PMID: 31011992 Free PMC article.

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