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November 17, 2024
I get asked all the time about premature ejaculation (PE). The concept of PE is problematic in a number of ways. Firstly, its ill-defined. Some clinical descriptions don’t specify the time it takes for an ejaculation to be considered premature. Others specify an intravaginal ejaculation latency time of 15 seconds, or 30 seconds or 1 …
November 10, 2024
Last week I posted about Buddhism and sexual energy and used an image in the thumbnail of me wearing cīvara, the saffron robes of a Buddhist monk. I had a few people ask me about this and I thought I’d share about one of my biggest insights from my time being ordained into the Theravāda Buddhist …
November 3, 2024
In 1986, then Vice-President of the English Sangha Trust, the late Maurice O’Connell Walshe, wrote an essay entitled “Buddhism and Sex.” He explored what it means to live as a sexual being while following the Buddha’s teachings. Walshe said that sexual energy is a powerful and impersonal force that is neither “good” nor “bad.” He said …
September 29, 2024
A few years ago, broadcaster Piers Morgan tweeted a paparazzi photo of actor Daniel Craig wearing a baby carrier, with the caption, “Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #emasculatedBond.” This general notion of fatherhood being emasculating seems to be a part of certain sections of our society, particularly among certain men. Below are a few more examples …
September 22, 2024
One way we learn about what it means to “be a man” is through media. A recent review of three meta-analyses confirmed an association between television viewing and beliefs about gender (Ward & Grower, 2020). This is why examining how masculinity is portrayed in media is important. Investigating Hollywood movies, Boyle and Brayton (2012) found masculinity …
September 15, 2024
“Yes, and…”, also referred to as “Yes, and…” thinking, is a principle of improvisational comedy whereby a participant accepts what another participant has stated (“yes”) and then expands on that line of thinking (“and”). By saying “yes,” a participant agrees to the proposition of another, fostering a sense of cooperation rather than shutting down the …
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