A patient brings into the therapeutic (and “real life”) situation at least three major aspects of himself or herself: a current sense of self (an ego-concept or ego-awareness), a way of relating to others, and underlying both, a history as a person, starting from the beginning and continuing to the moment before the present. The [...]
The transition from the oedipal or phallic phase of psychosexual development to the subsequent latency stage is an area of particularly meager psychoanalytic understanding. Only recently have more specific psychoanalytic studies of the latency development yielded an increasing harvest of psychoanalytic understanding of this critical developmental phase. There is much yet to be learned. Latency [...]
Almost a decade ago, Zuckerman made a very thorough and interesting review of the state of the art of measuring sexual arousal. His general conclusions were that there were virtually no reliable, specific, sensitive, and objective criteria for determining sexual arousal other than erections in men and vaginal blood flow changes in women. In addition, [...]
As Herskovits’s Dahomean ethnography demonstrates, differential treatment of girls and boys vis-?-vis education and knowledge affects male-female relationships in later life. Unlike Dahomean girls with female instructors to teach them sexual knowledge and the specific techniques of intercourse, the boys have no such educational program. They seem to learn from the girls. One Dahomean man [...]
Activity is only one measure of sexuality. The Duke University researchers also conducted several studies on sexual interest and interest patterns as part of the large longitudinal study. Pfeiffer asked subjects to relate the strength of their current sexual feelings; their responses were categorized as absent, weak, moderate, or strong. Only 6% of the male [...]
Implant surgery is not cheap. Hospital charges and surgeon’s fees vary a great deal throughout the country. In 1986, the semirigid prosthesis cost about $1,000; the inflatables about twice that; and the semi-inflatables about $3,000—surgery, hospital and doctors’ fees not included. Manufacturers do offer some warranty protection, but thaf s for the prosthesis alone, not [...]
Adding all of these foods to your diet will help your penile health. There are two substances, however, that will hurt it: alcohol and tobacco. If you consume more than two alcoholic drinks per day consider cutting back. If you don’t, you run the very real risk of giving yourself ED, or worsening an existing [...]
If you’re wondering what medicines to avoid, there is no simple answer. Many drugs can affect the capacity for erections and sexual response. But if you are suddenly experiencing sexual problems, you can do some detective work on your own. And one of the first places to look is inside the medicine cabinet. Don’t overlook [...]
Another instance of a couple with sexual problems was that of George and Katherine. In their early fifties, they had lived together for ten years when I saw them. George’s ED, the result of surgery three years before, had put a serious damper on what had been a working relationship. However, after the pills were [...]
The penis, testicles and other organs can’t do everything on their own. They need help. Vital to erection are the arteries that expand and carry extra amounts of blood to the penis when a man is sexually aroused. Without increased flow, there can be no erection. The crucial locations for this blood-flow activity are the [...]