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Drinking, Menstrual Cycle, and Female Sexuality: A Diary Study
Author(s) -
Lindman Ralf E.,
Koskelainen Betina M.,
Peter Eriksson C. J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04040.x
Subject(s) - feeling , menstrual cycle , human sexuality , sexual arousal , testosterone (patch) , psychology , alcohol , medicine , population , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , gynecology , physiology , demography , sexual behavior , social psychology , environmental health , hormone , biology , gender studies , biochemistry , sociology
Sexual feelings in connection with alcohol intake were investigated in 97 Finnish women aged 18 to 35 years. The subjects were drawn from a population sample and included both oral contraceptive users and nonusers. Structured diaries were used to monitor sexual feelings and alcohol intake during one menstrual cycle for each subject. Alcohol drinking was found to be significantly associated with elevated sexual interest and arousal in the post‐ and intermenstrual phases. We suggest that these phase‐dependent effects could be due to known alcohol‐mediated testosterone elevations.