Persona

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
The Relationship

Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (Sweden, 1966) is often described as an intense drama about the relationship between a famous actress and the inexperienced nurse assigned to care for her after she suffers an emotional collapse and falls mute. As the film advances, the lines between reality and fantasy blur greatly. Concurrently, a palpable sense of sexual desire on the part of the women arises. Persona stands as its writer/director’s most formally radical feature, complete with recurring references to its status as a film via the sound of a rattling projector, shots that go in and out of focus, a celebrated moment when the film seems to actually break, and a narrative that inevitably raises questions about the connection between communication and consciousness; acting and agency.

Depression impact on the sexual desire

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1549-1549
Author(s):  
M. Lourenço ◽  
L.P. Azevedo ◽  
J.L. Gouveia
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
List Type ◽  
Sexual Performance ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionDepression as a pathology and the side effects of pharmacology therapy have been pointed proven to be as responsible for the lack of sexual desire. Among the drugs used in the treatment of depression, anti-depressives are the ones mostly connected to sexual dysfunction.Aims /objectivesTo study the relationship between depression and its impact on the sexual desire in psychiatric patients.MethodsThe chosen sample is composed of 89 subjects, 73 females and 16 males, with ages ranging from 21 to 70 years, who present with depressive symptomatology (mild to moderate symptomatology (MMS) and severe symptomatology (SS).To each patient 3 instruments were applied: 1)Questionnaire used to collect demographic and clinical data from the sample;2)Instrument of estimation of the depression degree (BDI - Beck Depression Inventory);3)Instrument of valuation of the sexual desire (SDS - Sexual Desire Scale).ResultsDepression average value obtained with BDI was 25.58 (SD = 11.86). The majority was satisfied with their marital relationship (72.7% and 52.9%, respectively), and the group with most sexual damaged (actual sexual performance regarding sexual desire) being the one with severe depression (54.5% versus 82.4%, respectively). Regarding total SDS value, the group with MMD present with higher levels of sexual desire (M = 54.93; DP = 14.56) than the group with SD (M = 41.82; DP = 11.86).ConclusionsThis study presents an exploratory character and the obtained results revealed that depressive symptomatology severity is directly related with sexual desire, by saying the higher the depression's severity is the lower sexual desire will be.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Sexual Desire Among Iranian Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 108-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negar Terimourpour ◽  
Nahaleh Moshtagh Bidokhti ◽  
Abbas Pourshahbaz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Iranian Women ◽  
The Relationship

Sex Guilt Mediates the Relationship Between Religiosity and Sexual Desire in East Asian and Euro-Canadian College-Aged Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1485-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane S. T. Woo ◽  
Negar Morshedian ◽  
Lori A. Brotto ◽  
Boris B. Gorzalka
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Sex Guilt ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Role of Sexual Self-Control as Moderator between Sexual Desire and Premarital Sexual Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Chindy Kencana Sari ◽  
Marselius Sampe Tondok ◽  
Darmawan Muttaqin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Sex Drive ◽  
Premarital Sexual ◽  
The Relationship

Sexual desire can be one of the antecedents for individual premarital sexual behavior. Otherwise, sexual self-control can prevent individuals from engaging premarital sexual behavior. This study aimed to examine the role of self-control in moderating the relationship between sexual desire and premarital sexual behavior. This study involved 209 emerging adults (18-25 years old) who were dating and not undergoing a long-distance relationship. The current study used Premarital Sexual Permissiveness measurement, dyadic sexual desire subscale from Sexual Desire Inventory-II, general sex-drive and stimulus-elicited sex-drive subscales from Perceived Sexual Control to measure premarital sexual behavior, sexual desire, and sexual self-control respectively. Results of regression analysis showed that sexual self-control did not moderate the relationship between sexual desire and kissing (∆R2 = 0.006, p > 0.05), as well as sexual desire and petting (∆R2 = 0.001, p > 0.05). However, self-control could be a moderator in the relationship between sexual desire and intercourse (∆R2 = 0.027, p < 0.01).

scholarly journals Obesity, Anxiety, Depression and Sexual Desire: A Study on a Sample of Obese Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
M. Colombo ◽  
◽  
P. Zeppegno ◽  
F. D’Andrea ◽  
E. Torre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sociodemographic Data ◽  
Sex Drive ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: Evaluate the presence of anxiety and depression in a group of male and female patients, either overweight or obese, after a first medical examination at the dietetics dept. at Ospedale Maggiore in Novara. Evaluate sexual desire both in autoerotism and in a couple situations. Evaluate the relationship between sexual desire, anxiety and depression. Evaluate the perception patients have of their body and the presence of anger (state and trait) analyzing its main components. Design and Method: 100 patients were included in the study. The study protocol consists of: sociodemographic data, HADS, Sexual Desire Inventory, BC Scale and STAXI 2. Results: The levels of anxiety, depression and dissatisfaction on every patient’s body are elevated. There was evidence of low levels of sexual desire in the female sample and normal levels in men. There were no statistically significant associations between depression, anxiety and low sex drive. In both sexes there is a tendency to control the rage within. Men mostly express rage verbally while women express it physically. Conclusions: Proper nutrition is helpful to sexuality and mood.

H. G. Wells and Monstrous Vegan Desires

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-88
Author(s):  
Emelia Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Animal Body ◽  
The Future ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Corporeal Body

Chapter 2 focuses on the work of H. G. Wells and in particular his The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896). The Beast People of Doctor Moreau manifest a Frankensteinian legacy through their monstrous veganism, iterating the four key traits of the monstrous vegan as identified in Chapter 1. Framed through a consideration of ‘vegansexuality’, this chapter considers the relationship between alimentary and sexual desire. Contextualized in relation to late-nineteenth-century anti-vivisection movements and Darwinian ideas, veganism, as ethical abstraction divorced from the corporeal body, is seen to result in a failure to acknowledge the reality of human desires and the inescapably cannibalistic nature of our relation to others. The veganism of the Beast People is associated with artificiality, as a linguistic appendage that must be continually recited. Veganism is also seen as a spectre of the future, a utopian aspiration corrupted by its contact with the animal body.

scholarly journals An Evolutionary Approach Offers a Fresh Perspective on the Relationship Between Oral Contraception and Sexual Desire

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1369-1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Craig Roberts ◽  
Kelly D. Cobey ◽  
Kateřina Klapilová ◽  
Jan Havlíček
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Oral Contraception ◽  
Evolutionary Approach ◽  
Fresh Perspective ◽  
The Relationship

The comparison of sexual function and infertility in fertile and infertile couples

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1106-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ranjbar ◽  
F. Abbasalizadeh ◽  
P. Teimory ◽  
A. Alizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Sexual Arousal ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Infertile Couples ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fertile Women

IntroductionFertility is an important factor in life which can be disturb due to several factors.AimsThe aim of this study was to determine the relationship between infertility and sexual dysfunction.MethodsIn an analytic - descriptive study 384 fertile and 384 infertile referring women to obstetrics and gynecological clinics were studied. All these women were evaluated considering the sexual functions. Finally the results were analyzed statistically.ResultsThe age average of these women was 27.84 4.67 and 27.38 5.45 in infertile and fertile groups respectively.The sexual desire (Pv < 0.001), the sexual arousal (Pv < 0.001). The ability of reach to orgasm (Pv < 0.001) and satisfaction from intercourse was better in fertile women.ConclusionsIt was concluded that the sexual function was significantly better in fertile women.

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