Sex Research
Pattern of Morbidity of patients coming to Karachi Psychiatric Hospital
from 1970 to
1992. Total number of patients 20000 sample taken 1000.
Sex Problem 13%
- Male 94.6
- Female 5.3
- Single 42.7
- Married 57.2
Sexual Problems Of Males Adolescents
Introduction
Adolescent Genital Development
Adolescence is a period in which a number of anatomical and physiological
changes take place in the genitals, as well as the rest of the body. Most
youngsters and some grown ups have doubts whether the changes are normal
or abnormal. Unfortunately nobody in our society, including the parents
and teachers, is willing to inform them about a little matter like this.
Even the newspapers, magazines, radio and television consider this subject
taboo. The result is that most youngsters consider the anatomical and
physiological changes of adolescence to be a symptom of disease. They
start worrying, develop depression, which can become very severe at times,
leading to inactivity and even bodily and mental symptoms, including death
wishes and suicide attempts. As is usual in depression, they start loosing
weight, have a disturbed appetite and sleep, and get aches and pains in
different parts of the body, and this reinforces the youngster’s
belief that they are suffering from some terrible disease.
Usually they are so embarrassed at the discussion of sexual matters that
they do not seek out medical opinion and instead, may often land in the
clutches of quacks, who frighten them even more by declaring that they
are suffering from severe sexual pathology, for which prolonged and expensive
treatment is necessary and by this method extract huge sums of money.
Similarly numerous examples of newly married youngsters have come to our
notice, whose marriages have broken up due to these misunderstandings,
as these simple matters were considered serious illnesses by either one
or both of the spouses, and some times their families too.
As far as the religious argument is concerned this can be easily refuted
if one reads the Holy Quran and Hadees of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) wherein
these matters are discussed in quite detail, and these alone could provide
the needed sex education for a normal person.
Shouldn’t the youngsters know that love and sex between husband
and wife is nothing to be ashamed of, not to be considered sin or an evil
or bad, rather the Holy Prophet (PBUH) has clearly stated that affectionate
behavior, talking, caressing between husband and wife as well as sexual
intercourse, are equivalent to worship (Nafil Ibadat).
Misconceptions about size, shape and the working of genital organs. The
commonest misconceptions in males are about the size, shape, and circumference
etc. of the genital organ. Below we give some of the common complaints
that these boys have come to us with
