September 7, 2023

I speak to a lot of men about the way they use porn when masturbating. If you decide to watch porn when you masturbate, here are a few suggestions… Firstly, if you feel the desire to masturbate and watch porn, take moment before turning to your screen to check in with yourself. Place one hand over

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September 5, 2023

What does it mean to be a man? When we define maleness, or masculinity, we are quick to assume that to be a man means being aggressive, loud, violent, and dominant. Even more, maleness and masculinity is often defined by one’s gender, their gender presentation, and how they perform maleness and masculinity.A common notion that

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August 29, 2023

Stop pedestalising women. Taken at face value, this may sound insensitive. But, this is a sexist phenomenon, largely explored by social psychologists Peter Glick and Susan Fiske, known as benevolent sexism.Benevolent sexism represents evaluations of gender that appear positive, but are actually damaging. It can be thought of in three ways: paternalism, gender differentiation and heterosexuality

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August 17, 2023

Where did the term toxic masculinity come from? I’ve seen many people talk about toxic masculinity, often attributing the phrase to feminists: The phrase toxic masculinity was actually coined by psychologist Shepherd Bliss in the 1980s. Bliss was a founder of the mythopoetic men’s movement, a male-centred response to second-wave feminism.I’ve also seen many men’s

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Man with sexual dysfunction and broken robot

August 15, 2023

As a Sex Coach, I’ve observed something interesting when working with male clients. Many of them come to me self-diagnosing with premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, which are, in fact, clinical diagnoses you can find in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. However, when I work with them, I often find that many of

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