and sexual activity.
Area II provides detail about the causes of sexual dysfunction. Causes can be both immediate and remote: "Any problem which upsets the individual sufficiently to physically disrupt his visceral genital responses or depress his testosterone level can cause a sexual dysfunction" (65). Numerous theories have been put forth to explain sexual dysfunction, but no single, comprehensive theory has yet emerged. Section A describes the organic causes of sexual dysfunction, and is divided into chapters that describe the effects of illness, drugs, and age on sexuality.
Section B of Area II explores the psychological causes of sexual dysfunction. Such dysfunction can be multicausal. Separate chapters are devoted to immediate causes, conflict, relationship problems, and learned responses. For example, a male might fail to have penile erections simply because he has experienced failure in the p
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