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Overview of Sexuality
Sexual Problems
When sexual feelings, behavior, or dysfunction cause significant distress for a person or the person's partner or harms another person, the person may need to be evaluated by a health care professional and treated. For example, people who have frequent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies or behaviors that involve inanimate objects, children, or nonconsenting adults or that involve suffering or humiliation of oneself or the partner ( Overview of Paraphilias and Paraphilic Disorders ) may feel distressed by the paraphilia and seek or be referred for treatment. Sexual problems may have physical causes, psychologic causes, or both. Problems with sexual function can affect both men and women. Men may experience Decreased Libido in Men , 