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Flip a coin, I guess

Posted by Joseph on November 5, 2008

The numbers aren’t good.  From the Washington Post:  ”Almost Half of Women Have Sexual Problems

In a double whammy for the female gender, new research shows that 40 percent of women report sexual problems, but only 12 percent are distressed about it.

“The good news is that 12 percent is a very different number than 40 percent,” said study author Dr. Jan Shifren, an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Vincent Menopause Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston.

But 12 percent of 83 million U.S. women aged 20 to 65 is nothing to scoff at.

The good news, I guess, is that many of the problems aren’t serious; and many women don’t care.  (Is it really good news if they don’t care?)  But, damn.  Half of women.

Is this more pronounced among Mormons?  Offhand, I’d say it probably is. 

So, what can or should we do about it?

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