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The Role of Sexual Orientation in Men Seeking Help for Sexual disorder

Perhaps unsurprisingly, many people are hesitant or even reluctant to seek help for sexual problems.The most frequently cited reasons for not seeking help for a sexual problem are embarrassment, not recognizing the issue as a medical problem, considering sexual problems to be a natural part of aging, hoping that sexual issues will resolve themselves, and financial barriers to care. To explore this hypothesis, the authors surveyed a total of 3,697 Polish men of different sexual orientations. The three primary questions included in the survey were: Do you consider yourself to be heterosexual, gay, or bisexual? Have you ever had a problem with sexual functioning that lasted at least several months? Did you seek professional assistance then? Data was collected between June and September 2016, and subsequently analyzed by the researchers to determine whether or not there was an association between the participants’ sexual identities and the...