Unconsummated marriage : a Saudi version

Abstract EN

To explore the clinical characteristics of unconsummated marriage in Saudi couples we consecutively recruited all Saudi patients who presented at outpatient psychiatric clinic with unconsummated marriage as the main complaint, after organic causes have been ruled out by other specialties.

A control group of couples with consummated marriage was drawn consecutively from the same pool of psychiatric outpatients reporting for treatment at the same time.

During a 4-year period 39 couples of unconsummated marriage and 37 control couples were evaluated.

There were no significant differences between the two groups in the method of acquiring knowledge of basic information on sexuality, education, job and residency.

Wives in the unconsummated marriage married at an earlier age than wives in the consummated marriage and showed a higher scores of sexual anxiety which negatively correlated with their husband’s ejaculation scores.

The length of unconsummated marriage ranged from 7-47 months.

vaginismus was responsible for 77% of the unconsummated marriages.

Erectile dysfunction, not preceded by vaginismus, was reported by 13%.

More than three quarters (87%) of unconsummated marriages were attributed to supernatural influences.

Futile hymenectomy had been done in 4 wives.

Three women had become pregnant through extravaginal ejaculation.

Results are discussed in comparison with other studies in the field.