ABSTRACT
The gynecologist is increasingly asked to address his/her patients’ sexual complaints. This is mandatory when the woman complains of pain during intercourse, clinically known as ‘dyspareunia’, from ancient Greek, meaning ‘difficult mating’. No other physician has the same competence in evaluating all the potential biological causes of dyspareunia, particularly during and after the menopause, when endocrine, dystrophic and age correlated etiologies become prominent as the woman ages1.
