Article: So DOES the female sex drive really exist?; The respected British Medical Journal has accused drug firms of inventing female sexual problems to sell more pills. So is sex for women all in the mind? Here five women - and one man - give their answers.

THE idea of the female sex drive - or lack of it - made the news last week when the British Medical Journal accused drug companies of inventing female sexual dysfunction so that more women would use drugs to try to cure it.The journal called it 'the corporate-sponsored creation of a disease' after research showed that 43 per cent of women have problems with loss of libido.

So, does the female sex drive exist, how strong is it, and is it driven by the emotions or the body? FEMAIL asked several writers for their views, with fascinating results.

Cindy Blake 49, is an American author living in West London. She has been married twice, both times to an ...

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