Beyond pleasure: exploring the role of sex toys in female sexual functioning and wellbeing-From enhancement to functional necessity.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13149122 · PMID 42110259

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Similarly, for respondents reporting premature ejaculation in their partner, the dependence on sex toys for orgasm did not reach statistical significance after correction (unadjusted P = 0.02). 3.4.10.

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showed a trendP = 0.03actually significant

Analysis of specific sexual dysfunction symptoms showed that patients reporting problems with genital tract lubrication during intercourse showed a trend toward declaring the necessity of using a sex toy to achieve orgasm (unadjusted P = 0.03; non-significant after FDR).

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