Contemporary Male Sexuality Confronting Myths and Promoting Change

This accessible guide confronts myths and pressures surrounding men and sex, promoting a positive and healthy model of male sexuality that replaces traditional expectations.

The chapters in this book engage with cultural assumptions about male sexuality, from harmful early messaging, to the importance of enjoying intimacy, pleasure, and eroticism over the age of 60. The authors challenge the effects of toxic masculinity and traditional gendered roles in sex, celebrating sexual diversity, confronting double standards, and empowering men and couples to develop an equitable sexual bond. Case studies and psychosexual skill exercises are integrated throughout to make each concept personal and concrete, and incorporate the Good Enough Sex (GES) model to promote an authentic sexual self throughout the lifespan.

With a focus on mutual consent and pleasure, Contemporary Male Sexuality offers a new model of male sexuality that helps men and couples achieve a satisfying, secure, and sexual bond, replacing damaging expectations with healthy sexual values.

1. Men are not Simple: Promoting Male and Couple Sexuality 2. The Sexual War Between Men and Women: Changing the Dialogue 3. Confronting Contemporary Male Sexuality: Breaking the Abusive Cycle 4. Female-Male Sexual Equity: Confronting the Double Standard 5. The Sexual Development of Boys and Adolescents: Healthy and Unhealthy Learnings 6. Young Adult Sexuality: Time for Change 7. The New Sexual Mantra: Desire/Pleasure/ Eroticism/ Satisfaction 8. Adult Sexuality: A New Model of Masculinity 9. Desire: The Core of Sexuality 10. Integrating Intimacy, Pleasuring, and Eroticism: Broad-Based Sexuality 11. Developing Your Couple Sexual Style: The Autonomy/Couple Balance 12. Good Enough Sex (GES) - Positive, Realistic Expectations 13. Male Sexuality in Your 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s: Being a Wise Man 14. Dealing with Sexual Dysfunction: PE, ED, HSDD, and Ejaculatory Inhibition 15. Variant Arousal: What Fits Your Relationship 16. Gay Men are First Class: Validating Sexual Diversity 17. Monogamy vs. Consensual Non-Monogamy: Developing a Genuine Commitment 18. Creating and Maintaining a Satisfying, Secure, and Sexual Bond

Barry McCarthy and Emily McCarthy are a writing team. Barry is a professor emeritus of psychology, a diplomate in clinical psychology, a diplomate in sex therapy, and a certified couple therapist. He has authored 120 professional articles, 33 book chapters, and 22 books. In addition, Barry has presented 450 professional workshops nationally and internationally. He received the Masters and Johnson award for lifetime contributions to the sex therapy field. Emily McCarthy received a B.S. degree in speech communication. Her writing and wisdom provides a balanced, humanistic perspective to issues of male and couple sexuality. This is their fifteenth co-authored book.