PSYCHOSEXUAL SKILLS – INTRODUCTION
Psychosexual medicine has evolved a discipline of looking at difficulties by concentrating attention on the doctor/patient relationship and also on what happens during the genital examination. A man may have his closest feelings defended by the fear that he is not normal – perhaps not as aggressive as the average man. This may form a barrier to the useful development of the relationship with the doctor. Some of the barriers here have been described by Tunnadine (1983).
It requires careful listening to hear where the vulnerability lies, particularly with men, as the opportunities to examine feelings via the exposure of the genitalia are less frequently available than they are with women. When such an examination is possible it can be excitingly enlightening.
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