title: Sexual satisfaction and desire discrepancy in same sex women's relationships.
abstract: We explored desire discrepancy and sexual satisfaction among a sample of 1072 women in same-sex relationships. Results indicated that those who reported problematic desire discrepancy in the relationship had lower frequency of sexual contact and were less satisfied in their sexual relationships than both women who reported nonproblematic desire discrepancy and women with equal experiences of desire. In addition, problematic desire discrepancy was predictive of sexual dissatisfaction above and beyond other relationship factors. The findings suggest that caution should be taken when working with women in same sex relationships to avoid assumptions that discrepancy in desire is necessarily indicative of lower sexual satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Sara K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bridges
authors.forename: Sharon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Horne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007989:Libido; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health