Male sexual dysfunction: A vast area that needs more exploration and action

Abstract

Since the advent of nature, males have beenregarded as the primary source of increasing theprogeny of their generation. In this process,males suffer from a substantial internal pressureof performance and societal pressure to performwell regarding sexual activity. Females havealways been considered passive recipients ofsexual activity. However, with changing times,these viewpoints have been grossly changed.Both males and females should be activeparticipants in enduring sexual activity, as it givessexual pleasure and satisfaction to both partners(Addis and Mahalik, 2003).In this regard, males and females can suffer fromsexual dysfunctions. The prevalence of male sexualdysfunction (MSD) is more reported whencompared to female sexual dysfunction, mostlybecause of the stigma attached to discussing openlysexual issues in females with any specialist unlessasked. Society, media, and peer groups play asignificant role in fixing the mind set of the malesthat they have to be sexually active with morestamina to last long with any female (Sullivan etal., 2015). Usually, it is said that masculinity ismore if the stamina and performance of a maleare more. There are several myths aboutmasculinity (as mentioned in Box 1).