COSRT is pleased to support a call for research participation from a Doctoral student at the University of West of England. Please do advertise this novel and potentially high impact research in your practices and with colleagues wherever possible.
Pain during sexual intercourse has only received research attention in the last two decades. In heterosexual relationships, most of this research has focused on women. Whilst understanding women’s experiences is hugely important, sex is an interpersonal experience and much less is known about the experience of women’s partners. The aims of this research therefore are to better understand how men make sense of and respond to their partner’s sexual pain; and to increase our knowledge of how men view pain during sexual intercourse influencing the sexual relationship, the relationship in general and themselves individually. The research will be used to inform therapeutic practice for both individuals and the couple and enhance support for anyone seeking help.
If you are a man that has been in a relationship with a woman who experiences pain during sexual intercourse (or the pain may have prevented intercourse), you are over 18, resident in the UK and interested in participating in this study, the online anonymous survey can be accessed directly via https://tinyurl.com/mensexperiencesofsexualpain