Origins of psychogenic vaginismus

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
J L Silverstein

Abstract

Case histories of 22 women seeking psychotherapy for psychogenic vaginismus were examined for family patterns. Nearly all of the women had domineering, threatening fathers who were moralistic but also sexually seductive. The parents of these women had high levels of conflict and verbal and/or physical abuse in their marriages. The women with vaginismus were the 'good girls' of their families; obedient, unable to express anger and in constant need of approval. These women tend to choose partners who appear to be the opposite of their fathers; they seem kind, gentle and often passive. Both the women and their partners fear aggression. Women with vaginismus see intercourse as violation or invasion. The symptom serves to protect against violation. Most of the women either witnessed or experienced actual physical violation in their histories.

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