ORIGINAL RESEARCH-WOMEN'S SEXUAL HEALTH: Conceptualizing Women's Sexual Function: Linear vs. Circular Models of Sexual Response

The linear model was a more accurate representation of sexual response for women with normal sexual function than women with FSD and sexual arousal and orgasm was mediated by sexual desire for women with FSD. The modified circular model was a more accurate representation of the sexual response of women with FSD than women with normal sexual function. Giles KP, and McCabe MP. Conceptualizing women's sexual function: Linear vs. circular models of sexual response. J Sex Med 2009;6:2761-2771.