Entries by drjo
Pornography and Men’s Health: When Sexual Entertainment Starts Taking More Than It Gives
Pornography has never been easier to access. What once required some effort to obtain is now available privately, instantly and endlessly through a phone. For many men, occasional pornography use does not necessarily cause a medical or psychological problem. However, frequent, escalating or compulsive use can become troublesome. It may affect sexual arousal, erections, orgasm, […]
The Centre for Men and Families Australia: Helping Men Through Crisis, Change and Transformation
When a man says “I’m fine”, sometimes he isn’t Men are often remarkably good at carrying things. We carry responsibility. We carry families. We carry financial pressures, expectations, disappointments, grief and fear. And occasionally, we carry all of them at once while still answering the question “How are you going?” with the traditional Australian male […]
The Ascent and Descent of Man: What Urological Problems Can Teach Us About Being Men
When the body interrupts the life we thought we were living Men spend a remarkable amount of their lives trying to move upward. We grow up. We become stronger. We learn. We compete. We establish careers, relationships and families. We accumulate skills, responsibilities, possessions and, hopefully, a little wisdom along the way. We build an […]
The Female Orgasm: A Guide for Men Who Would Like to Understand It Better
Different equipment. Different wiring. Different timetable. One of the more useful things a man can learn about female sexuality is surprisingly simple: A woman’s orgasm is not just the female version of a man’s orgasm. There are important similarities, but the anatomy, nerve pathways, sexual response and psychological influences can be quite different. For many […]
Delayed Ejaculation: When Getting There Takes Longer Than Expected
Delayed ejaculation is a male sexual difficulty in which it takes an unusually long time to reach orgasm and ejaculate, or ejaculation does not occur at all, despite adequate sexual stimulation and the desire to climax. There is no stopwatch that defines what is “normal”. Some men naturally take longer than others. Delayed ejaculation becomes […]
Anorgasmia: When Orgasm Becomes Difficult or Impossible
Is there hope? Absolutely. Anorgasmia is the inability, or persistent difficulty, to reach orgasm despite sexual stimulation and arousal that would normally be expected to produce one. For some people, orgasm has never occurred. For others, it was previously normal but has gradually or suddenly become difficult or impossible. Although anorgasmia can be frustrating, confusing […]
Premature Ejaculation: When Things Happen Earlier Than You’d Like
Premature ejaculation (PE) is one of the most common sexual concerns affecting men. Yet it is also one of the least discussed. Many men worry that they are the only person experiencing it, or that it means there is something fundamentally wrong with their sexual function or relationship. Neither is necessarily true. Premature ejaculation is […]