Thula U Koops

University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf · Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry

The aim of this study was to compare women who have undergone genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) with women who have not regarding past sexual activities and experiences. It draws on data from the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD). The subsample of women who had undergone FGCS (n = 32) was compared to a subsample of women who had not had FGCS...

Qualitative researchers often engage in work addressing challenging, difficult, or sensitive topics and are consequently exposed to the participants' narratives which may be emotionally charged, distressing, or compromising. These narratives occasionally rest heavy on a researcher's conscience or may linger in the mind. Much literature has assessed...

Qualitative researchers are often engaged in work addressing challenging, difficult, or sensitive topics. Consequently, qualitative researchers can be frequently exposed to the narratives of participants’ experiences which may, at times, be emotionally charged, distressing, compromising, or filled with information or details which rest heavy on a r...

Qualitative researchers are often engaged in work addressing challenging, difficult, or sensitive topics. Consequently, qualitative researchers can be frequently exposed to the narratives of participants’ experiences which may, at times, be emotionally charged, distressing, compromising, or filled with information or details which rest heavy on a r...

Vaginismus and dyspareunia are common sexual difficulties; they often take a long time to be appropriately diagnosed, and their origins remain unclear. This paper examines the metaphors used by women to describe bodily experiences associated with vaginismus and dyspareunia, and highlights the contribution this form of analysis can make to the study...

Women and girls have long been confronted with unrealistic, unattainable body image norms. Additionally, the ‘ideal feminine’ body has been subject to constant change over the last centuries and decades. With the proliferation of the Internet, women and girls are continuously exposed to advice from heteronormative discourses of womanhood. Demand fo...

The origin of women’s sexual pain and difficulties with intercourse is still under-researched. The aim of this study was to examine women’s constructions of origins. Twenty-eight participants previously diagnosed with vaginismus or dyspareunia were recruited via patient lists and private practices. Interviews had a semi-structured biographic-narrat...

Knowledge on etiological and risk factors of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder, formerly classified as dyspareunia and vaginismus, is limited. The Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) system offers a valuable basis for developmental considerations, and has not yet been used to research sexual pain difficulties in women. We conducted...

Introduction: Sexual difficulties, and sexual pain in particular, represent a global health issue for women, and their prevalence has been shown to differ across countries. Aim: To review the existing literature on the prevalence of female sexual difficulties and sexual pain worldwide measured by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Methods...

Despite the relevance of the Internet and its increasing use for sexual purposes, research into online sexual activity (OSA) involving webcams is limited. Aside from positive experiences, OSA may implicate violations of sexual boundaries, reaching from minor issues to serious forms of sexual abuse. To provide a basis for a classification of sexual...

Background. Patients with the ICD-10 sexual disorders F52, F64, F65, and F66 are treated by a variety of medical disciplines. Until now, there has been a paucity of data regarding which sexual disorders are treated by means of in-patient hospital care and whether changes have occurred over time. Objectives. The aim of this study is to examine how...

Background: Digital media are used for the purpose of various sexual experiences. In recent years the exchange of erotic text messages or images ("sexting") has gained the attention of academic research and has increasingly been the center of public discussion on sexual boundary violations and violence via digital media. The unwanted forwarding of...

Background To investigate the prevalence of child sex tourism (CST) in a large German community sample, and to compare those who made use of CST with other child sexual abusers regarding established characteristics and risk factors for child sexual abuse. Methods Adult German men were recruited through a German market research panel and questioned...

https://beauftragter-missbrauch.de/fileadmin/Content/pdf/Pressemitteilungen/2017/17_Januar/2a_Expertise_Sexuelle_Gewalt_an_Kindern_mittels_digitaler_Medien.pdf

Der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Stigmatisierung von Menschen mit sexuellem Interesse an Kindern wurde lange Zeit wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Im Hinblick auf die Pravention von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch, die auch die psychotherapeutische Behandlung padophiler Personen einschliest, ist die Beforschung des Stigmas der Padophilie ein wicht...

Research on vaginismus has thus far not focused on the biography and sexual history of partners of women suffering from the condition. The aim of this study was to examine the sexual history of men who are in a relationship with women suffering from vaginismus and who are seeking help in couples sex therapy. It was hypothesized that the majority of...