男女性功能障碍 -性功能障碍

流行程度：多少人罹患性功能障碍？

简洁的答案：无人知晓。

详细解释：如果不是不可能的话，要估计多少人罹患性功能障碍及其患病程度是困难的。性治疗师或欲出售其服务或产品的药业公司提供了可资利用的大多数数据，并且由此推断从大量潜在病人那里有着专业营业利润。不管怎么说，去进行性治疗的病人决不会代表着整个病人的数量。真正具有代表性的性调查是罕见的，即使有调查结果也通常无据可考，因为自我承认的性障碍是不可靠的。许多人就性的问题上会说谎，要么会否认自己有病，要么会夸大自己的病情。至于还有的人，由于没有意识到自身生活中与生物学相关的和社会环境的现实影响，他们在对待性行为方面固守着那些不切实际的性准则。此外，就像我们始终所陈述的那样，性功能障碍本身的任何定义不得不是一个“具有弹性的指标”和并不精确。这个术语本身会不断地延伸其概念，并且过去常常习惯于包括性问题上的所有类型的轻度不适和暂时的困扰。然而，人非机器，每一个人在进行性活动时可能体验过这样的情形：“心神向往，却身不由己(spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak)”。对于这样的情形，把其诊断为性功能障碍显然是不合适的。最后要指明的是，不同的人有着不同的性需要，那么某些性伴在各自的性需要上也许非常的不相配。与不同的性伴在一起，他们可能根本就没有任何的性障碍。简而言之：
对任何所宣称的性功能障碍的流行病统计数据要保持清醒的头脑！

Female and Male Sexual Dysfunctions -
Sexual Dysfunctions

Prevalence: How many people suffer from sexual dysfunctions?

Short answer: Nobody knows.

Long answer: It is difficult, if not impossible, to say how many people suffer from sexual dysfunctions and to what degree. Most available figures are provided by therapists or drug companies who want to sell their services or products and thus have a professional interest in large numbers of potential patients. In any case, patients showing up for therapy are never representative of the populations as a whole. Truly representative sex surveys are rare and usually silent on this point, because self-reports about sexual difficulties are not reliable. Many people lie, deceive themselves or exaggerate in either direction. Others, being unaware of the biological and social realities around them, cling to unrealistic norms of sexual performance. Moreover, as already stated, any definition of sexual dysfunction itself cannot help but be "soft" and imprecise. The term lends itself to stretching and often is used to cover all kinds of minor disappointments and temporary inconveniences. However, people are not machines, and everyone is likely to experience occasions when the "spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak". In such cases, it would be inappropriate to speak of a sexual dysfunction. Finally, different people have different sexual needs, and some couples may be greatly mismatched in this regard. With different partners they might not have any problems at all. In short:
Beware of any number about the alleged prevalence of sexual dysfunctions!