Without effective verbal and nonverbal communication, couples must base their sexual encounters on assumptions, past experiences, and wishful thinking—all of which can make a sexual experience feel routine and unsatisfying. Research has found that sexual satisfaction is correlated with the use of sexual terms and a greater degree of selfdisclosure about sexual preferences (Hess & […]
День: 13.11.2015
Sentencing girls
First, a caveat: strictly speaking, we should not refer to ‘sentencing’ girls. Juveniles are not ‘sentenced’ after ‘conviction’; instead, since the implementation of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the youth court ‘makes an order upon a finding of guilt’ (s 59) in relation to those minors who have been successfully prosecuted. Second, we […]
Respiratory Illnesses
Dominator
Any discussion of masculinity at some point introduces the concept of patriarchy and asks to what extent male behavior is linked to the prerogatives men receive or try to capture simply because they are men (Connell, 1987; MacKinnon, 1979). Some men harass women who are in environments that they would like to maintain as male […]
Chronic Illness and Chronic Pain
Many people born with chronic diseases, or those who develop them later in life, suffer for many years with their condition. They must learn to make adjustments in many parts of their lives, including their sexual behaviors. Chronic pain from illnesses such as arthritis, migraine headaches, and lower back pain can make intercourse difficult or […]
Relationship Factors
Besides personal feelings and attitudes, relationship factors strongly influence the satisfaction and quality of a sexual relationship. One research study indicated that familiarity and security support men’s sexual function because men reported fewer problems with erectile function during sex with an ongoing partner than with a nonrelationship partner (Herbenick et al., 2010). Other studies have […]
“now slowly open your eyes.”
They returned from the field of tall grass to the faces of the others. Liddle sometimes asked them for introductions, though the faces stayed mostly the same. They went around the circle. “I was convicted of two counts of sexual assault four, and three counts of risk of injury to a minor, and enticing a […]
The pill
Most people today will associate hormones with the pill. Hormonal contraceptives are indeed the most powerful outcome of the introduction of the concept of the hormonal body in the 1920s and 1930s. Although the possibility of using hormones as contraceptives was mentioned as early as 1921, it took three decades before scientists actually began to […]
Phimosis and circumcision
A completely different but common ailment of the penis is phimosis, contraction of the foreskin. The only reason for operating on the foreskin is a lasting contraction that leads to problems. Virtually all newborn baby boys have a slight degree of phimosis with some adhesion, which almost always disappears spontaneously. Actually the term adhesion is […]
Testicular Cancer
Cancer of the penis or scrotum is rare, and cancer of the testes is only slightly more common. Still, the sexual problems that result from these diseases are similar to those from prostate cancer. Testicular cancer is most common in men who are in their most productive years. Research has found that although sexual problems […]