The testes, or male gonads, are comparable to the ovaries of the female. Both testes are about the same size; and one of their usually the left one, hangs lower than the other one. Whether the lower one is the right or left one does not seem to be influenced by left- or right-handedness, ethnic [...]

Little is known as yet about the outcome of consultations, but some work on satisfaction has been carried out (Ley, 1982). Only about two-thirds of patients in general practice are satisfied with communication within their consultations. Satisfied patients comply better with advice and have higher levels of recall of medical information. Qualities in the doctor [...]

Another common time for a patient to present with difficulties about sexuality or contraception is when a pregnancy, either her own or another’s, has occurred; or after delivery. A woman may present wanting to change from her secure Pill or injection. She may say she is getting older and has been on this method a [...]

Mrs S. had attended the family planning clinic regularly for many years. Unusually, she missed two appointments and when she did appear she said she did not need to be seen but had just brought some unused supplies back. A perceptive receptionist suggested she should stay and be seen. She told the doctor that she [...]

It is with the younger generation in different cultures that the doctor may feel that there is greatest scope for upsetting the balance within the family. Conflicts in families of ethnic minorities are another aspect of the profound changes that such families undergo in transition from one country to another. The doctor could be seen [...]

Alan Green, a 30-year-old rugby player, had a serious accident which resulted in full length amputation of his leg just below the hip. Since his accident he had been unable to make love to his wife due to impotence. Alan was very stressed and uncomfortable when he arrived for the consultation wiht the doctor, sweating [...]

In the present data the sexual offenses committed against other persons that did not involve body contact of any kind are typified by the two major groups of peeping and exhibition offenses. In addition to these is a minor subgroup specifically labeled “no contact” heterosexual offenses which constitute behavior other than peeping or exhibition. This [...]

A table of the percentages of males sexually responding to the sight or thought of other males reveals the three homosexual-offender groups, followed by the aggressors vs. minors and the prison group, as the most responsive. Least responsive were all the incest offenders and the heterosexual offenders vs. adults. Obviously there is a strong correlation [...]

We asked each subject we interviewed about his first postpubertal coitus not only with the aim of obtaining basic descriptive data, but with the aim of investigating the commonly held idea that the first coital experience is of great importance in subsequent sexual behavior and attitudes. While it is true that the psychiatric literature contains [...]

The first simple division of the men in our sample into those who did and did not engage in prepubertal sex play shows a tendency for the homosexual offenders and the offenders against female children to have had more members with such play than did the offenders against fe- males aged twelve and over. In [...]