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QUIZ: Male Sexuality
How well do you understand male sexuality?
Read the following statements and
decide whether you believe them to be true or false.
1. More men than women have experienced unwanted intercourse.
T or F
2. More “very religious men” cheat on their wives than non-religious
men.
T or F
3. Just as fat in the bloodstream can block arteries in the heart,
so it starts to block arteries in the penis preventing adequate erection.
T or F
4. Men also experience a male menopause.
T or F
5. After marriage most men stop masturbating.
T or F
6. According to some sex therapists, what most men complain about is
not getting enough oral sex.
T or F
7. Getting married remedies all the problems men have with lust.
T or F
8. Boys who are sexually repressed while growing up are more likely to
become obsessed with masturbation and pornography when they are grown up.
T or F
9. How often does the average, healthy male think about sex?
(a) once a month, (b) once a week
(c) once a day, (d) once an hour
10. How many men would complain that they don’t get enough sex?
(a) 20%, (b) 35%, (c) 50%, (d) 70%
11. The average age at which the American male first has
sex is:
(a) 14, (b) 16, (c) 18, (d) 20
12. Where does the average young male learn most about sex?
(a) From the home, (b) from friends,
(c) from books, (d) from pornography
ANSWERS
1. TRUE.
Contrary to what most people think, more men say they have felt forced into
unwanted sex either to prove themselves or to comply with peer pressure.
2. TRUE.
The Janus Report provides data to support the idea that “very religious” men
are at greater risk for cheating than “just religious” men. It could well be that they repress their sexuality more and thus do not
acknowledge their true sexual feelings.
3. TRUE.
The same cholesterol that blocks heart arteries can shut off blood to the penis
and inhibit full erections. (Reference:
Men’s Health, Sept./Oct. 1992,42)
4. FALSE.
Men do not experience menopause. While
hormones decline gradually, the majority of men remain sexually active into
their seventies, eighties, or beyond. Frequency
does decline, however.
5. FALSE.
Many men may at first reduce the frequency of their masturbation, but
return to it later. Those men that learn during adolescence how to masturbate
to pornography find it difficult to break the habit later.
6. TRUE.
Men in our culture easily become obsessed with oral sex—giving it and
receiving it. No satisfactory
theory for this has yet been put forward; most experts believe it is not
abnormal. However, some health
risks do exist and many women find it repugnant!
7. FALSE
When men get married, lust does not subside. Men have to learn how to redirect their arousal back to their appropriate
partners. Lust, when uncontrolled,
creates many unpleasant situations including inappropriate sexual harassment.
8. TRUE.
A sexually repressive upbringing creates excessive guilt about sexual feelings
and this sets up the obsessive need for masturbation.
9. D.
Most men think about sex at least several times a day or an hour. Younger men, under age thirty-five, think about it even more often.
Interestingly, after age thirty-five the
frequency
remains about the same.
10. D.
According to other major studies: 70 percent of men complain that they don’t
get enough sex. Interestingly, 58
percent of women make the same complaint.
11. B.
The average American male has his first sexual encounter at age sixteen.
12. D.
Most young males have their sexual beliefs and attitudes shaped by pornography. Exposure often begins at age thirteen. This distorts their views of how women feel about sex and what can
reasonably be expected from sex, and it sets them up for disappointment in the
real world. Real women cannot possibly measure up to the air-brushed,
color-enhanced, glossy photographs that become the standards of reference for
most males.
We hope this Male Sexuality Quiz has
been informative and helpful. It
was adapted from the book, The Sexual Man
by Dr. Archibald D. Hart. A book
you should read.
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