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The Electra complex

With Harry Potter Mania striking the heart of popular culture, it is important to stress that Harry Potterís tale of a child avenging family murder is a timeless theme in storytelling. Perhaps an even more prominent example of this featured Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. The Greek myth goes that her father [...]

The existence of low libido in men

When women endure a sustained period of waning libido, their sex drive is influenced by both physical and emotional factors. Physiologically speaking, there are many processes involving fluctuating hormones that women’s bodies endure that male do not, such as menopause or pregnancy, that influence their sex drives. Though stereotypes paint males as having an insatiable [...]

Understanding the low libido in women

Science has long paid a great deal of attention to the dire predicament of men losing their sex drive or their capacity to perform sexually. However, with taboos increasingly becoming irrelevant, greater focus is finally being invested in understanding womenís sexual health. What has come to light in the past few decades are two things: [...]

The story of the Macho personality

Though humans are characterized as being particularly vain species, there are other superficial creatures. The peacock, for example, wows ladies with its enormous and extravagant tail. The multicolored plumage of the peacock offers a classical example of sexual selection as females swoon for the most ostentatious. But the bigger and more extravagant is only better [...]

Sufferers of Satyriasis

Classical Greek mythology is abundant with colorful imagery, but perhaps no character is more absurd than the satyr. The best way to describe the physical appearance of satyrs is as being half man, half goat. More conspicuous than being half goat however is that vase-paintings from the period are consistent in illustrating the satyrsí perpetual [...]

The Oedipus complex in young males

The tale of Oedipus, the mythical Greek king of Thebes, and the fulfillment of his tragic fate continues to be a source of wonderment and odd inspiration. The story begins with the King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes frustrated at their inability to conceive. While seeking advice, an Oracle prophesizes that if they bear [...]

Cultural Factors in Psychosexual Disorders

While diversity is a trait to be celebrated in this world, a lack of understanding of different customs and beliefs can lend itself to awkward situations if approached without care. Where one culture may be eager to discuss some subjects openly, others avoid those and view them as taboos.  In no other aspect of life [...]

Psychosexual Disorders in Men

As Governor Mark Sanford staged a press conference to confess to an extramarital affair in June 2009, the sensationalist juice of the story was only matched by its banality. Sex has always been viewed as not just a part of politics, but the fact that it was a male who engaged in it made it [...]