The Hidden Experience of the Lower-Desire Partner

What does sexual disconnection feel like from the other side of the bed? Michael Forman examines the pain of lower-desire partners through accounts and relationship research. Exploring lost desire, pressure, responsive arousal and duty sex, this episode reveals how two spouses can suffer differently without making either one the villain.

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