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MALE SEXUAL MYTHS: FANTASIES ABOUT PENIS CASE HISTORY ABOUT MASTURBATION Seventeen-year-old anxious, introverted Jamshed was brought to me by his mother for behaving like a child, unable to concentrate and being backward in his studies. 'Look at him!' she exclaimed, 'he should be a man by now but he behaves like a sissy at seventeen.' The docile boy was crest-fallen and looked down whilst the mother catalogued his complaints and finally ended by saying, 'He needs male hormones. Give him a few shots!' I asked the mother to wait outside whilst I interrogated the boy. Jamshed sobbed as he narrated his story. I discovered that the stern parents had deprived him of all touching and sensuality in childhood and his mother had repeatedly impressed on him, 'Boys should be boys. Women are dirty, you should have nothing to do with them,' reflecting perhaps her own marital unhappiness. Masturbation was denied to him as a sexual outlet. His eagle-eyed mother kept a stern watch on him during the night and he was made to sleep next to her. He masturbated in solitude in the school toilet, whenever he got a chance. He excused himself during class by saying that he was suffering from diarrhoea and trembled with fear as he did it. If his mother ever discovered that he was masturbating secretly, he would never be forgiven for his sins against nature! Is it any wonder that his personality, at this young age, was warped by his over-protective yet misinformed mother? Jamshed was a sitting duck for the development of impotency. *23\262\8* Men's Health-Erectile Dysfunction
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BIRTH CONTROL: METHODS OF STERILIZATIONFEMALE Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of both ovaries, which brings the process of ovulation permanently to a halt. Because this procedure means the removal of the source of certain hormones, it has been known to prompt certain undesirable physical changes, such as excessive weight gain, growth of facial hair, and a deepening of the voice. In addition, a woman's sexual desire frequently undergoes a change, and she may experience such discomforts as hot flashes, sweating, nervousness, and even tremor. Hormone therapy will usually correct these adverse conditions. Salpingectomy is a straightforward but major surgical procedure, best performed during a Caesarean section. (The counterpart operation on a man, a vasectomy, is much less complicated.) The Fallopian tubes are cut, tied, and resectioned in order to prevent the two ends from thereafter meeting, thus keeping the sperm and ova from ever contacting one another. Intrauterine coagulation of the uterine tube outlet is a method of sterilization presently used extensively in Japan, which will probably soon be performed in the United States. A specially designed instrument is inserted through the uterus to the intrauterine openings of the Fallopian tubes, where it electrically cauterizes the orifices. This process causes scar tissue to form; the tubular openings are thus blocked, and sperm and ova are prevented from coming together. The effect is permanent, for it would be almost impossible to reopen the tiny Fallopian tubes. Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. The process may include removal of one or both ovaries, and one or both tubes. A hysterectomy is almost never performed for the purpose of sterilization alone, but usually to remedy certain abnormalities such as a fibroid tumor. In current practice, especially in uncomplicated cases, the uterus is often removed via the vagina, thus eliminating abdominal incision and scarring. In an investigation of 35,000 tubal sterilizations, it was found that about one in 200 of the operations failed to prevent subsequent pregnancies.107 Women's sex drive is not likely to be impaired following sterilization; to the contrary, there may well be an increase in drive because of the sense of freedom engendered by removing the fear of pregnancy. *22\300\2* Men's Health Erectile Dysfunction |
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