Human sexuality during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Sexual problems and dysfunctions during pregnancy are often led by the anxiety of hurting the fetus. Males are also afraid of hurting a female and females are afraid of insufficient satisfaction of a male partner. Just 12-14% of couples deny sexual problems after the childbirth.

Comparison of labor course and women's sexuality in planned and unplanned pregnancy.

Objective: This study compares several parameters of sexual life and course of labor in women with planned and unplanned pregnancy.

Methods: 339 primiparas participated in our study; they filled in a questionnaire concerning their sexual life during pregnancy on the second or third day after the delivery. One question also stressed planning of pregnancy.

[Spermiologic parameters in Czech men from 1950 to 1984 (analysis of data from the archives of the Sexology Institute of the First Medical School of Charles University and the General Medical School Hospital in Prague].

Reports maintaining that sperm concentration in male ejaculates had decreased markedly over the past decades captured mind-share all over the world. However, literary data diverge about such a lasting trend. Our objective has been to contribute to the ongoing debate by presenting results of our own research.

Experiences with sexual aggression within the general population in the Czech Republic.

In a representative survey of the sexual behavior of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (862 men and 825 women older than 15), questions were included concerning experience with sexually aggressive behavior: 11.6% of women reported this kind of experience (3.4% of them more than once).

[Factors affecting the attitude of the Czech population towards induced abortion].

Based on an anonymous questionnaire survey of a representative population group above 15 years of age in the Czech Republic (862 men and 857 women) the authors investigated also sociodemographic factors affecting attitudes of the Czech population to induced abortions. The findings suggest that attitudes of men and women to induced abortions do not differ essentially in any of the investigated criteria. The size of domicile does not affect the attitudes substantially.