title: Sexual dysfunction and disorder patterns of husbands of working and nonworking women.
abstract: The sexual dysfunction and disorder patterns of 218 husbands of working and nonworking women were compared in a retrospective analysis of couples presenting for sexual and marital therapy at Masters & Johnson Institute. Results indicated that men who were married to women who were pursuing careers or to women who were employed in jobs presented only between one half and two-thirds as often with primary complaints of inhibited sexual excitement and inhibited sexual desire as husbands of unemployed women. The results are compared to findings for women in dual-earner and single-earner relationships. The findings are interpreted in terms of psychological and interpersonal stressors characterizing single-earner, conventional marital arrangements as compared with those typifying dual-earner partnerships.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009948:Orgasm; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*