男女性功能障碍-“传统的”性功能障碍

传统术语

并不存在的差别
上述传统术语表列举了三种女性和五种男性的性功能障碍，乍一看，似乎男女的性功能障碍是无任何共同生理学基础和完全不同的现象。这样的传统定义，其结果会让人建立男女性生理反应不可比较的虚假印象。然而，现代的性研究已经清晰地表明，我们对男女性生理反应的可比较性有了充分的了解。的确是这样，我们现在开始认识到：恰恰是因为男性与女性的性反应是完全相似的，所以他们的性功能障碍也是完全相似的。因而，我们需要新的能够运用于两性的特别术语。

Female and Male Sexual Dysfunctions -
”Classic” Dysfunctions

Traditional Terms

Non-existing Differences
The table of traditional terms lists three female and five male sexual dysfunctions, and it seems, at first glance, that they are totally different phenomena without any common physiological basis. As a result of such traditional distinctions, many people are under the false impression that the physical reactions of men and women cannot really be compared. Modern sex research has clearly demonstrated, however, that such a comparison makes a great deal of sense. Indeed, we are now beginning to realize that, just as the sexual responses of males and females are quite similar, so are their sexual dysfunctions. We therefore need new special terms that can be applied to both sexes.