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Meet the Bermans

Women are entitled to be sexually satisfied. Meet the sister doctors who are making breakthroughs in female sexual response

They are intelligent and beautiful and talk dirty. The Berman sisters are in town to talk about their book, For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Reclaiming Your Sex Life. It is not another book telling us girls how to love our bits and give heavenly head, but a no-nonsense approach to sexual dysfunction in women. It is selling like hot cakes in America, which not only gives an indication of the numbers of women with difficulties reaching orgasm, but highlights a need for practical advice. After all, it's not easy to say to your GP, let alone your friends, 'I can't orgasm. What shall I do?'

The book widens the definition of female sexual dysfunction. According to the Bermans, there are four categories of dysfunction:

  • Hypoactive sexual-desire disorder - a lack of sexual desire that causes women distress. Causes can include anti-depressants, menopause and becoming a mother

  • Sexual arousal disorder - characterised by the inability to maintain lubrication due to decreased sensation and sometimes by diminished blood flow to the vagina and clitoris

  • Orgasmic disorder - the inability to reach a climax, despite stimulation. This can be caused by trauma (such as a physical accident or sexual abuse), hormonal deficiency or pelvic surgery.

  • Sexual pain disorder - pain experienced during penetrative sex. It may have its origins in emotional causes, surgery or menopause.

    Latest figures by the Journal of The American Medical Association report that up to 76 per cent of women are likely to experience sexual dysfunction at some stage in their lives, but according to Drs Laura and Jennifer Berman, the problem is international, and far more common than we think.



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