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Sexual desire declines after four to seven years. That's been proven.

Volkmar Sigusch

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Volkmar Sigusch
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 11
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Desire
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Declines
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I will always be referred to as a theorist, but I was only a fellow traveller with a degree.
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