COMPARISON OF SEXUAL ADDICTION IN WOMEN AND MEN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Background and Aim : The concept of addiction in the past two decades has been developed for those who are obsessed with sexual experiences, and their behavior is disturbed if they can not meet their sexual impulses.Sexual addiction is considered to be a compulsory sexual act only in a limited number of samples of the general population.The purpose of this overview is to compare the sex addiction in women and men. Methods : This review study is available on scientific sites: Pubmed, Embase. siencedirect, Sid, SCOPUS, and the Google Scholar search engine with keywords: sexual addiction, mental disorders, sexual behavior, and sexual health during the years 1988 to 2016. The number of preliminary articles was 37, and the number of final papers was 15. The articles are often in the descriptive-analytical group. Results : Although direct comparisons have not been made between men and women with this type of addiction, a study of forced sexual behavior was reported more frequently in men than in women. The difference may be based on the culture of the studied community. In a study, close to 13% of men and 7% of women reported sexual fantasies,aspirations and behaviors that they considered to be out of control over the past year. Although a small percentage of the total sample (0.8% of men and 0.6% of women) believed that they had encountered their lives. It is noteworthy that women found a large number of their sex partners on sex on the Internet, while men paid for sexual intercourse. In fact, women with more uncontrolled sexual experiences are more likely to be stimulated than other women. Since people with severe sexual desire are more likely to respond to sexual stimuli and are more likely to grow sexually and to pursue sexual activity, it is not surprising that men tend to have a greater sexual desire than women. Conclusion : Despite few studies in this field, there is no specific survey on the gender difference in sexual addiction. As a result, there is a need for further studies in this field

Sexual addiction, mental disorders, sexual behaviors