A number of common myths and stereotypes about the sexuality of disabled people have been identified by the Sex & Disability Project of George Washington University. These myths, which “can drastically and unnecessarily curtail the sexual expression of disabled people,” are as follows: Disabled people are asexual. Disabled people are dependent and childlike, so they [...]

It includes any behavior involving sexual relations with the same sex. ft also expresses the persons strong erotic attraction to members of the same sex. What are the underlying motives of homosexuals? Some enter into a homosexual relationship because heterosexual objects are not available as in hostels and in services like jails, armed forces, police [...]

What is it? A condition in which a man ejaculates before his penis erects, at the moment of penetration or immediately afterwards. There have been many more lengthy and complex definitions but this is a workable one for all practical purposes. What causes it? There are probably about twenty reasons for premature ejaculation but the [...]

Impotence is often associated with latent homosexual drives, perhaps caused by environmental factors such as early sexual trauma, an adolescent homosexual experience, or some unfortunate sexual failure with a prostitute. Such factors, of course, should always be taken into consideration and discussed in detail with the patient. The support of the partner is important in [...]

Psychoanalysis has, from its inception, been inexorably linked with problems of and ideas about human sexuality. From the very beginning of Freud’s thinking about the neuroses, particularly at first the hysterias, the problem of sexuality assumed a significant and central role. It was Charcot, with whom Freud had studied in Paris, after all, who had [...]

How true is the overall analysis of women’s motivation for work? Crowley, Levitan, and Quinn tested the validity of some commonly held beliefs regarding women in a large national survey. Their findings indicated no support for the belief that women work only for economic rewards nor that they are less concerned than men that their [...]

Freeman’s observation of a Castilian hamlet superficially seems to address a basic division between farmers and shepherds. However, in sexual matters and capacity, the shepherd is far more feared than the farmer, as Freeman reports: The shepherd is forced, by definition, out of the ken of the community which depends upon physical presence for social [...]

Changes in sex-related characteristics which occur in humans with advancing age include both physiological changes and behavioral changes. The latter are the result of physiological or psychological causes or both. It generally is true that aging, per se, is only one of a number of variables which interact to reduce sexuality in older people. Aging, [...]

‘Allergy’ means an abnormal, excessive reaction of the body’s defence systems to a substance absorbed from the environment. Allergies now affect 30-40 per cent of the population in the UK and are on the increase; the number of people going to their GPs for treatment for asthma and hay fever doubled in the 1980s. Asthma [...]

If you and your doctor decide you’re a good candidate, you’ve got to choose the type of implant you want. Today, implants come in several basic types. The one that’s been around the longest is called the semirigid implant. It works by artificially creating stiffness in the corpora cavernosa of the penis. The implant, made [...]