by Larry Darter

Created on: July 20, 2009   Last Updated: July 21, 2009

Recently while doing some research I came across an article on WebMD that offered ten reasons why women don't want sex with their male partners. The article offered primarily medical reasons like reduced libido due to side effects of prescription medications and oral contraceptives, lack of sleep, stress, hormonal imbalances and fear of intimacy. What I found far more enlightening than the article were the many comments supplied by readers in response to it, the majority of which were posted by women. The comments seemed to offer illumination on the topic "Ten Reasons You're Sick of Sex" at least from a female point of view. Interestingly, the issue seems not so much that women are sick of sex as much as they are sick of the peripheral issues that make sex uninteresting and unfulfilling. So here are ten reasons why women appear sick of sex, ranked one through ten according to the frequency mentioned.

Partners are Lousy Lovers

The fact that their partners were lousy lovers was the overwhelming top reason that many women gave for their own lack of interest in having sex. The complaints predominantly centered on technique such as partners being either unwilling to engage in sufficient foreplay to create the proper mood or unknowledgeable about effective foreplay techniques. As a result the women reported that they rarely achieved orgasm and found sex to be not enjoyable for them. Often just as they were starting to become aroused, the male would climax and be ready to fall asleep leaving the women sexually frustrated.

Partner Doesn't Make Them Feel Special

A second frequent reason reported by women that caused them to be disinterested in sex was that their partner did not do things that made them feel special, obviously something very important to many women when it comes to creating for them the desire to have sex with a partner. Several examples of things women wanted from their partners so that were made to feel special included things like being pampered occasionally, being given gifts for no special occasion and being offered help with common household chores. Frequently women complained that their partners once did these things early in their relationships but had stopped. As a result their partners failed to make them feel attractive, loved and desired. This reason could likely be summed up as a lack of romance.

Effects of Past Hurts

A significant number of women mentioned that they had difficulty letting go of hurts resulting from past arguments

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