Abstract
Although sexual problems can occur during infertility, sometimes even causing infertility, sexual difficulties are not universally experienced by infertile males. Some studies have suggested that infertile men experience fewer disturbances than women because pregnancy has a lower emotional impact on males than on females. It is unclear whether this observation is due to a general tendency for men to underreport their emotions. The medical assessment and treatment for infertility may interfere with the infertile couple’s sexual pleasure due to performance demand, treatment requirements or emotional response to infertility diagnosis.
When sexual dysfunction is the cause of infertility, assessment and therapy are necessary and should preclude medical treatment.
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Beretta, G. (2015). Sexual Problems and Infertility. In: Cavallini, G., Beretta, G. (eds) Clinical Management of Male Infertility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08503-6_19
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