Jan 12 2009
Sexual Dysfunction
One of the most difficult subjects for me, as an English guy brought up by religious parents, is sex. The s-word is dirty, a sin, something to keep behind closed doors and not look at too closely. I’ve always been like that, even though I went to an all-boys secondary school where porn magazines were like a currency in the playground at lunchtime and could guarantee popularity. Hey, I was (and am) a geek: being a social reject, I had no need for popularity!
With my partner and I, sex is a matter of some dissent. We both have our problems for our own reasons (which I’m not going to go into because they’re rather private, thank you) but neither of us is particularly weird or celibate. Just a little reticent and nervous, even after so many years together. I wanted to write something about this because it’s a tough thing to cover and can affect a lot of couples with similar troubles to those we’re going through.
