Talk:Sexual anorexia

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 July 2019 and 23 August 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Vicknguy, Snselim, Msleee, Storm1625.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 January 2021 and 25 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): DkendraS. Peer reviewers: Pgunter99, RJSteed, Mcontris, VerdantAurum, JamonicaLewis.

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Good, medical sources?
Sexhelp.com seems to be the most credible of these resources and even it seems suspect to me. Kirstenrogoff.com references the same site, and she apparently worked for the guy who runs Sexhelp.com. Is it just this one PhD who coined this term or is the use of this characterization supportable in any real academic literature on the subject? A couple of isolated family therapists using the term doesn't make it article-worthy.

Appears to be a real term ...
I noticed this article as up for deletion, did a bit of quick research, and currently conclude it is for real. I agree the article available needs improvement, but I voted that the article be kept, and have identified a couple sources, albeit from the same journal. Please see Patrick J. Carnes article titled "The Case for Sexual Anorexia: An Interim Report on 144 Patients with Sexual Disorders" in the December 1998 issue of the journal Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. The abstract says the term "sexual anorexia" is used to describe "sexual aversion disorder." Another source in the June 2003 issue of the same journal is by Laura Nelson and titled "Sexual Addiction versus Sexual Anorexia and the Church's Impact." According to the Academic Search Premier database, this is a peer reviewed journal published in the UK. Keesiewonder 02:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Sexual Anorexia is NOT Sexual Aversion. A sexual anorectic may very much be interested in having sex, just like someone with a social phobia might very much want to be conversational. The problem is that there is a psychological challenge preventing the interactions. If you want more material on it, go to either the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), or the American Association for Sex Therapists (AASECT). -kirsten rogoff

cited source
I cannot find the source in the citation anywhere (Douglas Weiss Ph.D., Sexual Anorexia, Beyond Sexual., Emotional and Spiritual Withholding (1998)). Also, not clear if this is one title or two, or has a punctuation error in the title or what. Pilgrim144 (talk) 07:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Medical basis?
This article makes "sexual anorexia" sound like a purely psychological condition. But what about cases where it is an effect of medications that reduce or eliminate sexual desire? This is common with many anti-depressants and other medication (one person related to me that it was a side effect of blood pressure medication). It would be nice if this article was balanced by information about "sexual anorexia" as a physical condition as well. 69.125.134.86 (talk) 20:42, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Is lack of libido considered sexual anorexia?
Related to the person above me, this article defines the condition in a way that would seem to include hypo- and asexuality (that is, simple lack of libido), but only discusses psychological anxiety. I suggest that an expert on the subject add a few sentences explaining what difference, if any, exists. JeffKo427 (talk) 17:08, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Asexuality
The asexual community considers that their asexuality is a sexual orientation in itself and not a sexual disorder. The wikipedia page on Asexuality is a lot better documented than this one. The term "sexual anorexia" sounds either outdated or just made up by two psychologists. It is not a real medical condition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.172.57.191 (talk • contribs)


 * Like the preceding (unidentified) editor, I see virtually no evidence that an objectively identifiable medical condition worthy of the name "sexual anorexia" even exists. One can see a possible parallel with the complaints that asexuality has been medicalised: a person who experiences very low libido over the long term, but is in all other respects psychologically well-adjusted, will fall in the margins of our expectations of people and their behaviour, and may thus be categorised as pathological.  Where's the objective, repeatable, testable evidence for creating such a category?  yoyo (talk) 16:15, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

WP:Student editing
Vicknguy and Snselim, I understand that it's not easy to find sources for this topic, but please try to stick to WP:MEDRS-compliant sourcing for the medical/health material. If you can't because of the aspect of WP:MEDDATE that states "These instructions are appropriate for actively researched areas with many primary sources and several reviews and may need to be relaxed in areas where little progress is being made or where few reviews are published.", then please stick to decent WP:Primary sources and make sure that you don't engage in WP:Synthesis. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 19:52, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

RE: WP:Student editing
Thank you for your feedback. We felt unsure about utilizing these sources and completely understand they go against the Wiki guidelines. However, given the relatively little research available, would you feel it appropriate to keep this particular citation [4] as we believe it is a decent source that may offer a temporary expansion on the topic until/if secondary sources become available.: Carnes, Patrick J. (October 1998). "The case for sexual anorexia: An interim report on 144 patients with sexual disorders". Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. 5 (4): 293–309. doi:10.1080/10720169808402338. ISSN 1072-0162. Snselim (talk) 17:22, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Snselim, I suppose that will have to do for now. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:33, 7 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Also, try looking on Google Books. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:34, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

UCSF Foundations 2, 2019 - Group 5C, Goals
Our goals for editing this article include: Vicknguy (talk) 20:33, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Expanding on the causes of sexual anorexia
 * Adding more sources and external links to the current information
 * Adding empirical data to discuss commonalities between sexual anorexia and anorexia nervosa/sexual additiction

Group 5b Peer Review
· A few edits were made to the article so far and are seeming to improve the overall quality of the article. --Kmiller22 (talk) 21:03, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

· Most of the goals have been touched upon to some extent but might need more work. Good job on updating the causes of sexual anorexia, adding empirical data, and adding an external link though! --Kmiller22 (talk) 21:03, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * A. Draft submission reflects a neutral point of view. Well done! Tranhtruong (talk) 21:36, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * B. The citations added are not all from secondary sources. For example, "Carnes, Patrick J. (October 1998). "The case for sexual anorexia: An interim report on 144 patients with sexual disorders". Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. 5 (4): 293–309. doi:10.1080/10720169808402338. ISSN 1072-0162." is a primary source and is probably not acceptable according to wiki guidelines.--Kmiller22 (talk) 21:03, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * C. Overall the edits are consistent with Wikipedia's manual of style. They avoid unnecessary jargon or ambiguous language. The level of vocabulary is consistent throughout the article. In the Empirical Data section, the use of quotation marks around sexual anorexia may not be necessary since the rest of the article avoids the quotation marks. Finally I think the use of semicolons should be replaced with commas.
 * D. The edits made provide clear and concise information without any evidence of plagiarism or copyright violations. Great job! -JVIDUYA (talk) 21:52, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Group 5c Response to Peer Review
Thank you for your feedback! We will continue trying to find suitable resources that also contribute to the article. We felt unsure about utilizing some sources and completely understand citation [4] may go against the Wiki guidelines. However, given the relatively little research available, would you feel it appropriate to keep this particular citation [4] as we believe it is a decent source that may offer a temporary expansion on the topic until/if secondary sources become available.: Carnes, Patrick J. (October 1998). "The case for sexual anorexia: An interim report on 144 patients with sexual disorders". Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. 5 (4): 293–309. doi:10.1080/10720169808402338. ISSN 1072-0162. Snselim (talk) 17:23, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

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