What Causes Sexual Inhibition?
A high level of sexual inhibition is traced to a person’s psychological make up, and usually involves the repression of sexual behavior as a child. Additionally, expectations of society, as well as sexual myths and ignorance contribute to inhibition. Last but not least, relationship problems can cause sexual inhibition, since many lovers require a great deal of mutual trust before they can enjoy sex and reach new peaks of excitement. Repression is a primary causes of this condition since many children are taught to avoid touching their sexual organs at a very young age. They are not taught much about sexuality besides the usual birds and the bees speech, and may grow up fearing sex. Confusion can cause inhibition since children often receive mixed messages about sex from all different directions: from their parents, from society (or religion), and from the media. How Sex Therapy Can Help The more severe a person’s sexual inhibition (or fear) the more apparent it will become. Single ind
