Some evidence indicates that with increasing age a person’s emotional response is altered, and his curiosity fades. The extent varies considerably between people, and in some, emotional ‘instability’ is evident. This means that an old person weeps easily, and becomes sentimental. In a way, many old people have escaped the convention of our culture, which [...]
Recent studies by Masters and Johnson in their clinical laboratory have shown that most physiological sexual arousal patterns and responses of homosexual men are identical to those of heterosexual men. There is one important psychological difference which favours homosexual men. This is that homosexual men have a greater concern than heterosexual men that each partner [...]
Syphilis and gonorrhoea are the most serious of the diseases as far as health is concerned. Syphilis, if untreated, can have devastating effects. Gonorrhoea, especially in women, can cause sterility, if it is not treated adequately. NSU is annoying, rather than serious, although it may cause arthritis in a few men. Trichomoniasis and candidosis, which [...]
When John married, his pattern of sexual behaviour persisted. Sex for him was some foreplay, which both he and his wife enjoyed, and then rapid ejaculation, which satisfied him but left his wife sexually frustrated. Her frustration increased because she thought it wrong to masturbate and the idea of cunnilingus was repellent. Her mother told [...]
If three seminal analyses show that a man has no spermatozoa, a sample of his blood is taken and a hormone called follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is measured. The blood level of FSH may be high or normal. A high FSH level indicates that the nests in his testes, where the spermatozoa develop, are so [...]