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The second half of the last decade saw the development of two rather new and distinct kinds of literature on the problems encountered by women in mid-life. One featured papers, mainly by medical people, which tended to link psycho-sexual problems, such as dryness and soreness of the vagina, dyspareunia, and decreased libido, with endocrinologically determined changes in the sexual organs (van Keep and Gregory, 1977; Lauritzen and Müller, 1977; Musaph and Haspels, 1977; Haspels and Musaph, 1979). The other focused on the influence of psycho-social factors, on the problems encountered by the peri-menopausal woman within her family, and within her cultural setting (Flint, 1975; Maoz et al., 1978).
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van Keep, P.A., Utian, W.H., Vermeulen, A. (1982). Psycho-sexual aspects of mid-life. In: van Keep, P.A., Utian, W.H., Vermeulen, A. (eds) The Controversial Climacteric. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7253-0_5
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