Hashemi Somayeh, Seddigh Sedighe, Tehrani Fahimeh Ramezani, Khansari Seyed Mehdi Hasanzadeh, Khodakarami Nahid
Reproductive Health Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Reprod Infertil. 2013 Jan;14(1):34-8.
Sexual practices as an important aspect of reproductive health have many physical and psychological effects on people's lives, there is limited evidence on such practices and their pattern among Iranian women. Hence we aimed to determine different types of sexual practices among 19-45 year old married Iranian women.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 married women, aged 19-45 years, attending Taleghani Public Health Center for annual gynecologic examination during November 2008 to May 2009 using convenient sampling. The participants were enquired about their experience regarding different types of sex, as well as their views and feelings about such practices, using an anonymous questionnaire.
The mean age of the participants was 34 years. All had ever experienced vaginal sex and 50.9% reported ever experience of other types of sex (non-vaginal), as well. Due to some stigma attached to non-vaginal sexual practices among women in Iran, the feelings of women with regard to different sexual practices were also examined in this paper.
This study showed that non-vaginal sex among women is considerable and because of less favourable views of women towards such practices, it seems that these practices might have psychologically impacts on women's life. Hence, counseling and educational programs designed for married men and women can include some factual information about different types of sex.
性行为作为生殖健康的一个重要方面，对人们的生活有许多生理和心理影响，但关于伊朗女性的此类行为及其模式的证据有限。因此，我们旨在确定19至45岁已婚伊朗女性的不同类型性行为。
这项横断面研究于2008年11月至2009年5月期间，在200名年龄在19至45岁之间、前往塔莱加尼公共卫生中心进行年度妇科检查的已婚女性中，采用方便抽样的方法进行。通过一份匿名问卷，询问参与者关于不同类型性行为的经历，以及她们对此类行为的看法和感受。
参与者的平均年龄为34岁。所有人都有过阴道性交经历，50.9%的人还报告有过其他类型性行为（非阴道性行为）经历。由于伊朗女性对非阴道性行为存在一些污名化现象，本文还研究了女性对不同性行为的感受。
这项研究表明，女性中的非阴道性行为相当普遍，而且由于女性对此类行为的看法不太积极，这些行为似乎可能对女性生活产生心理影响。因此，为已婚男女设计的咨询和教育项目可以包括一些关于不同类型性行为的实际信息。
