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3-15-2008 2:13 AM462 views
righthand says:
Michael Bader is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in San Francisco. He is the author of
"Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies" and the forthcoming book
"Male Sexuality: Why Women Don't Understand It -- and Men Don't Either."
He has written extensively about psychology and politics.
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3-15-2008 2:32 AM
righthand
"If a man is compelled to use a prostitute because it makes him feel free of guilt, responsibility, and worry, then those feelings must be a special burden to him. Such men feel psychically weighed down by the belief that they're supposed to take care of women, that they have an obligation to make women happy, to please them. Such beliefs are often exaggerated and based on a belief and perception that women are high-maintenance, helpless, or disposed to be unhappy and dissatisfied.

These beliefs are formed in childhood and are reinforced by our culture. They are often false, but they can inhibit such men in their sexual relationships. In real relationships, they feel that there is always a...
3-15-2008 2:34 AM
righthand
"For male politicians, these issues are likely heightened. It is argued that they're accustomed to wielding power, using others and expecting others to serve their narcissistic needs. But in the quid pro quo world in which politicians live, no one gives anything without expecting something back. Everybody wants a piece of them. In the healthiest cases, they can be themselves at home with their families, feel loved without conditions. But too often their marriages and family lives have taken a backseat to their careers and no longer function as havens of reciprocity, connection, and love.

With a prostitute, the arrangement is also instrumental, but during the time that he is with her, the po...
3-15-2008 6:07 AM
debbyski
POP for an honest clip about men's feelings and how they deal with them in a society that discourages expression of those feelings.
3-15-2008 1:03 PM
Kauaiguy
Asking only workmans wages, I come lookin for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.

Why do so many petty moralists pose as doctors?

By the psychotherapists logic, a man would be guilty of experiencing a woman as completely devoted to his pleasure, his satisfaction, his care, and his happiness if he only sought out a masseuse!
3-15-2008 1:16 PM
Kauaiguy
"Such men feel psychically weighed down by the belief that they're supposed to take care of women, that they have an obligation to make women happy, to please them. Such beliefs are often exaggerated and based on a belief and perception that women are high-maintenance, helpless, or disposed to be unhappy and dissatisfied.

These beliefs are formed in childhood and are reinforced by our culture. They are often false, but they can inhibit such men in their sexual relationships. In real relationships, they feel that there is always a hidden quid pro quo, that they can't get much unless they give a lot, that they have to pay a high price for getting what they need."

Such beliefs are also predicated upon experience.
3-15-2008 2:36 PM
yanceducat
In my opinion, men and women are different in fundamental ways that no amount of socialization etc can alter or deny.

As quick evidence I want to cite an unbiased 'experiment' that strikes at the core of human sexuality. It is unbiased because it is not a planned 'experiment', it is simply real life.

The subjects are gay men and lesbian women.
The result shows that in general, men are tramps and women are more relationship centered. It is not an accident that aides spread so rapidly in the male community. It would have spread just as fast in the heterosexual community if women were as naturally promiscuous as males.
This is not a question of morality; it is a matter of biology.
The job of...
3-15-2008 4:22 PM
debbyski
Well,
It all boils down to do men want a relationship with women, or do they just wanna get laid and be left alone? If it's the latter, then fine, with the availability of the internet, one doesn't have to have any kind of intimacy anymore. Listen, I've been in intimate relationships with men and women and they both have their own personal kinds of drama, just different that's all. Relationships take hard work, but to me are the most fulfilling. Men choose marriage just like women do; it's a free choice. There must be something in it for them emotionally that is gratifying.
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