Women's desire is primarily responsive desire, meaning sexual desire that occurs in response to sexual arousal. Spontaneous desire, in which your libido spikes spontaneously, without apparent cause, and responsive desire, in which you experience desire in response to various contexts—cuddling with your partner, reading erotica, watching porn, recalling a hot memory. Responsive desire doesn’t mean settling
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It means building arousal through intimacy, safety, and presence.
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Watch our video blog to learn about the difference between spontaneous and responsive sexual desire. For women, sexual desire is responsive This means they need to start engaging in physical and sexual touch in order to feel turned on. Sexual desire can be spontaneous or responsive
30% of women experience responsive desire, where arousal follows stimulation Both types are normal and healthy.