Male Sexual Oversimplification and Misunderstanding: Often, according to common thought, men are perceived as very animalistic creatures who separate emotion from physicality when it comes to sex. It's really become quite a strong stereotype--"Men don't care about bonding and emotional connection with their spouse, they just want to satisfy their physical passions." While I'm not discounting the male sex-drive, I am definitely in strong opposition to the idea that emotions play no role in a man when it comes to sexuality. To be frank, when we summarize a man's sexual desire as 100% physical, we're not only displaying a lack of understanding concerning a man's nature, but we're also nurturing and reinforcing negative male stereotypes AND behavior. To use the words of Jonathan Daugherty, "If we reduce a man simply to his sexuality or his sexual urges, we're really missing a whole lot of what there is in a man" (JWJ #233). Namely, ...
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