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Subject Area

Dermatology

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the role of religiosity in sexuality of women. Background Religiosity is a characteristic of an individual, and sexual interactions are characteristics of pairs. Sexuality is the constitution or life of the individual as related to 'sex' or exercise of sexual functions. Patients and methods This study was done on 135 married women attending the Outpatient Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Menoufia University Hospital during the period from May 2020 to August 2020. Results In the present study, most participants were wearing hijab (89.6%) and 5.9% were wearing niqab. Regarding coital frequency in the present study, most of the participants (61.5%) initiated coitus more than 50% of the times, and ~22% of the participants never initiated coitus and never asked their partners for intercourse, where most of them were from group A (18.6%) versus 50% from group B and also group C. Among the participants, 59.3% thought that a wife has not the right to initiate sex, where most of them were from group A (64.4%). Most of the participants (68.1%) considered the purpose of coitus is the pleasure of both partners, whereas 23% perform it for the fear of God (God will punish her for refusing to have sex with her husband), where most of them were from group C (27.9%). Conclusion The results suggest that the degree of religiosity seems to have no effect on sexual behavior in this sample of Muslim Egyptian women.

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