Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a multifactorial condition that has anatomical, physiological, medical, psychological and social components. With increasing trend in the participation of women in the work force and due to the competing demands between work and family, the metaphor of work family conflict (WFC) as an increasing pressure in professional life has emerged. WFC seems to be more in women than men due to more overload and stress. Aim of the work: to compare female sexuality between

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... employed women and unemployed ones. Subjects and methods: The current study was a cross sectional study. The subjects of this study were sexually active married women. The tool of the study was a selfreport questionnaire. Results: Employed women were higher in coital frequency than unemployed ones ( 60.2% & 39.4% respectively). Spontaneous desire was reported by 41% of employed women to occur once per week compared to 34.7% of unemployed ones. Among the employed women, 38.2% could reach orgasm in almost all their sexual encounters compared to 12.7% of unemployed ones. Among unemployed women, 10.4% reported sexual pain compared to 3.6% among employed ones. Conclusion: Employed women have better sexual functioning than unemployed ones. Employed women have more coital frequency, more occurrence of spontaneous desire and are more able to obtain orgasm than unemployed women. References 1 Abdullahi HM, Abdurrahman A, Ahmed ZD, Turkur J. Female sexual dysfunction among women attending the family Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital: Across-sectional survey. NJBCS 2019; 1 (16):32-37. 2 Arafa AE, Elbahrawe RS, Shawky SM, Mostafa AM, Ahmed S, El-Houfey AA, Abbas AA. Risk factors associated with female sexual dysfunction among married women in Upper Egypt; a cross sectional study. IJCMPH 2018; 5(2):449-453. 3 Minnote KL, Minnote MC, Bonstorm J. Workfamily conflicts and marital satisfaction among US workers: Does stress amplification matter?, J Fam Econ Iss 2015 ;36(1): 21-33. 4 Jahangirimehr A, Honarmandpour A, Safarzadeh F. Relationship between job stress and sexual function index among females employed in public hospitals of Shushtar, Iran. Biosci. Biotech. Res. Comm 2017; 2:206-215 5 Westoff C. Coital frequency and contraception. Fam Plann Perspect 1974; 6: 136-141. 6 Call V, Sprecher S & Schwartz P. The incidence and frequency of marital sex in a national sample. J Marriage Fam 1995; 57: 639-652. 7 Blair SL, Lichter DT. Measuring the division of household labor. J Fam Issues 1991; 12: 91-113. 8 Fahs B, Swank E. Social identities as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and sexual activity. Arch Sex Beh 2011; 40(5): 903-914. 9 Hyde J S, Declamater J D & Hewitt EC. Sexuality and the dual earner couple: Multiple roles and sexual functioning. J Fam Psychol 1998; 12 (3): 354-368.