PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter VI: Ejaculation, Vardenafil, Human Sexuality
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As far as we know, humans are the only species on earth to suffer from sexual problems such as hypoactive (low) sexual desire, problems with orgasm, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginismus, and so on. Their objective in proposing this theory was a therapeutic one: to help people overcome sexual problems that they might be experiencing. The project required volunteers who would be willing to engage in sexual acts in a laboratory setting while being closely observed and monitored. Another concern was that the strange and artificial environment of the research lab might cause participants who did volunteer for the study to be unable to respond in their usual ways. During the early phases of their study, masters and johnson employed prostitutes as participants. These participants, however, did not constitute an appropriate group on which to base an extensive study of human sexual response. This was because their lifestyle and sexual experiences did not even remotely represent the population at large.
