Human
Sexual Response.
RESEARCH IN SEXUAL
RESPONSE
"A more concise
picture of the physiologic reaction to sexual stimuli may be
presented by dividing the human male's and female's cycles of
sexual response into four separate phases. Progressively, the four
phases are: (1) the excitement phase; (2) the plateau
phase; (3)
the orgasmic phase; and (4) the
resolution phase."1a
FEMALE SEXUAL RESPONSE
"In our culture,
the human female's orgasmic attainment never has achieved the
undeniable status afforded the male's ejaculation. While male
orgasm (ejaculation) has the reproductive role in support of its
perpetual acceptance, a comparable regard for female orgasm is
still in limbo."1b
MALE SEXUAL RESPONSE
"Another widely
accepted "phallic fallacy" is the concept that the larger the
penis the more effective the male as a partner in coital
connection. . .
" . . . It has been presumed that full
erection of the larger penis provides a significantly greater
penile size increase than does erection of the smaller penis.
This
premise has been refuted . . ."1c
"The instance of a
positive masturbatory history was placed at 92 percent of the
total male population by Kinsey and his associates."1d
"The
"fear of performance" developing from cultural demand for partner
satisfaction has been in the past uniquely the
burden of the
responding male. . ."1e
"There is no
established medical evidence that masturbation, regardless of
frequency,
leads to mental illness. . ."1f
"The human male's orgasmic experience
(ejaculation) can be approached from the same three disciplinary
foci that have been employed . . . in an attempt to
interpret the human female's orgasmic experience. These foci are:
(1) physiologic (characteristic physical conditions and reactions
during the peak of sex tension increment); (2) psychologic
(psychosexual orientation and receptivity to orgasmic attainment);
and (3) sociologic (cultural, environmental, and social factors
influencing orgasmic incidence or ability)."1g
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