Contraceptives and Sexual Pleasure

• Only 4 percent of women who relied on hormonal methods of contraception reported decreased pleasure, but hormonal users reported the lowest overall sexual satisfaction scores।
• While 23 percent of women who used both condoms and hormonal methods reported decreased pleasure, they had the highest sexual satisfaction scores।
• Women who used condoms alone or along with a hormonal method were six to seven times more likely to report decreased sexual enjoyment compared to those who used hormonal methods only।
• Women with no history of a sexually transmitted infection were more than twice as likely to report that their method decreased sexual pleasure.