Women's Sexualities

   By: Dr Carol Rinkleib Ellison





Generations of Women Share Intimate Secrets of Sexual Self-Acceptance



Questionnaire
K. These Questions Are About Some Aspects of Sexual Expression You May Have Experienced in the Past Year and About Sexual Concerns and Problems.



In Question 1, indicate which of the items you have experienced in the past year by check the box that indicates how often you experienced it. Skip any you have not experienced.
RAR= Rarely

ST = Sometimes
0FT = often
ALL = All the time

 

 

(check any that apply):

1a. have experienced the following in the last year

RAR ST OFT ALL
1 Difficulty finding a partner I wanted to be sexual with        
2 Lower sexual desire than I wanted to have        
3 Being too tired to have sex        
4 Being too busy to have sex        

5 Not feeling sexually satisfied        
6 My partner not as interested in sex as I was        
7 My partner less interested in closeness after sex than        
8 My partner choosing inconvenient times for sex        
1b. During sex in the last year I have experienced:
9 Difficulty getting excited/aroused        
10 Feeling distracted        
11 Inability to relax        
12

Involuntary vaginal spasm so that vaginal entry and/or intercourse was impossible or difficult

       
13 Insufficient vaginal lubrication        
14 Pain during intercourse or other internal stimulation        
15 Fantasizing that I am having sex with someone other than my partner        
16 Difficulty in reaching orgasm        
17 Inability to have an orgasm        
18 Reaching orgasm too quickly        
19 My partner seeming distracted        
20 My partner wanting shorter foreplay than wanted        
21 My partner having difficulty getting aroused        
22 My partner ejaculating too quickly        
23 My partner having difficulty getting and/or maintaining an erection        
24 Other (specify):

 

       
25 None of the above        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Some of the items in Question 1 you may think of as "the way life is." Others you may think of as "problems."

2. I think or thought of these items I marked in Question 1 as problems

(Please write the number(s) of those items here or circle 0 for none):


                                                   0

3. In the past year I have sought the following kinds of help for sexual concerns or problems (check all that apply):

 

 

 

 

 













1
None  
2
Talked to my partner  
3
Talked to a (nonpartner) friend  
4
Talked to a relative  
5
Talked to a minister or teacher  
6
Read a book or article that gave advice  
7
Went to a medical/health practitioner (other than a therapist)  
8
Went to a therapist by myself  
9
Went to a therapist with my partner  
10
Enrolled in a course or program  
11
Other (specify):  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















4 a. In the past year, my most important sexual problem or concern was (write the number from the list in Question 1 or specify) If None, circle 0 and skip 4b and 4c.


0

 

b. This problem or concern has been satisfactorily resolved


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0

 

 

If the situation is not improved, circle 0 and skip 4c.

                                                                             0

 

c. I attribute the improvement in this situation to (check all that apply):

1
A solution I figured out for myself  
2
Talking with my partner  
3
Talking with a friend, relative, parent, or minister  
4
Seeing a therapist  
5
Seeing a medical/health practitioner  
6
Surgery  
7
Medication (starting, stopping, changing)  
8
Passage of time  
10
Advice in a book or article  
11
Getting a new partner  
12

Other (PLEASE SPECIFY):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











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Copyright 1998, Carol Ellison, Ph.D.