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    Phallus, performance and power: Crisis of masculinity

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    Khan, S.
    Saggers, Sherry
    Hudson-Rodd, N.
    Bhuiyan, M.
    Bhuiya, A.
    Karim, S.
    Rauyajin, O.
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Khan, Sharful and Saggers, Sherry and Hudson-Rodd, Nancy and Bhuiyan, Mahbubul and Bhuiya, Abbas and Karim, Syed and Rauyajin, Oratai. 2008. Phallus, performance and power: Crisis of masculinity. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 23 (1): pp. 37-49.
    Source Title
    Sexual and Relationship Therapy
    DOI
    10.1080/14681990701790635
    ISSN
    14681994
    Faculty
    National Drug Research Institute
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12470
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Men’s sexual health concerns (SHCs) receive inadequate attention in research and health interventions. We explored meanings of SHCs, particularly sexual performance, in a qualitative study on male sexuality in Bangladesh. Five focus group discussions with key-informants and 50 urban and rural men were interviewed. Male superiority and power over women were proclaimed as ‘normal’ and ‘natural’. Men’s authoritative relations with women affect sexual acts where ‘real’ men need to be sexually ‘potent’ to demonstrate ‘sexual power’ through sustained penile erections, penetration and prolonged sexual intercourse. Without adequate knowledge of human sexuality, men deem ‘sex’ as another agency of power, dominance and governance. Sexual performance with a large-sized penis symbolizes masculine power to control women. Narrowly focused penetrative male sexuality relies on performance, which destroys the quality of sexual life and equality in relationships. In a patriarchal society, the discrepancy of gender-biased socialization creates an essentialist framework of male sexuality where phallus, performance and power are at the core of men’s SHCs, constructed in the context of market economy and technology. Thus, SHCs, products of men’s threatened masculine power, need to be re-conceptualized before any effective health programs are designed.

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