If a Couple Is Experiencing a Discrepancy in Desire, Meaning

question 70

Multiple Choice

If a couple is experiencing a discrepancy in desire, meaning that one partner desires sexual relations more frequently than the other, who would be more likely to be identified as having a sexual problem?

• A) The partner with the lower level of sexual desire
• B) The partner with the higher level of sexual desire
• C) Both would be identified as experiencing a simultaneous sexual problem.
• D) Neither, a discrepancy in desire is not typically identified as a sexual problem.

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