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2005-01-31, 11:02 am

Wimps don't make out

Submissiveness linked to impotence

By Adam Marcus
HealthScout Reporter
September 18, 2002 2:42 PM

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If you're the guy who says yes to everything, your body may say no in the
bedroom.

New research suggests that submissive men are much more likely than men with
dominating personalities to become impotent as they get older.

Erectile dysfunction becomes more common with age, and roughly half of men
over 40 have at least modest trouble achieving erection, which means it may
affect about 18 million men in the United States, say experts. No one knows
exactly why that happens, however, and over the years the medical community
has variously emphasized the physical or emotional risk factors.

The latest "quick fix" is Viagra, a pill made by Pfizer Inc. that caused a
frenzy when it was released in 1998. This anti-impotence drug is the largest
selling one of its kind, with over $1 billion in sales last year.

In the newest study, which appeared in the American Journal of Epidemiology,
Andre Araujo and his colleagues at the New England Research Institutes
followed nearly 800 participants in the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, a
project that looked at the health problems of older men.

Subjects were given questionnaires about their physical and emotional
health, including measures of the dominance of their personalities and how
they dealt with anger.

By the end of the 10-year study, 163 men, or 21 percent, reported developing
mild or serious erectile dysfunction.

Not surprisingly, men with high blood pressure, those who smoked and those
who were obese were more likely to develop ED. But even after accounting for
those risk factors, men who scored low on scales of dominance were about 60
percent more likely than their assertive counterparts to report erection
problems, the researchers found.

The result is not carved in stone, however. The researchers themselves
admitted that one of the weaknesses of their study was that dominant men may
answer questions about their sexual function differently than submissive
men, and that may have biased the results.

Araujo and his colleagues also measured hormone levels in men as they aged,
on the premise that fading testosterone levels might lead to impotence. But
hormones didn't seem to affect the probability of having normal or troubled
erections, he said.

Knowing if a man thinks of himself as dominant or submissive could help
doctors treat patients with erectile dysfunction, Araujo said, particularly
in cases where Viagra doesn't work. "Often the origin of ED is not just a
psychological or physical problem, it's often a mixture of both," he said.

Dr. Richard Balon, a psychiatrist at Wayne State university in Detroit, said
dominant men are more likely to have high self-esteem and experience less
anxiety during sex, which could improve their odds of getting an erection.

Dr. Arnold Melman, chairman of urology at Albert Einstein college of
Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., said depression is a
well-established marker for ED, although the latest study didn't find such a
link.

Still, said Melman, "asking about dominance and submissiveness would be much
lower on the list" of questions that a doctor might ask when looking for the
cause of impotence.

What to do

To avoid the physical causes of erectile dysfunction, give up smoking, lose
weight and keep your blood pressure down. If you feel you may be depressed
or have other psychological problems, talk to your doctor about seeing a
mental health expert

ernestnolan

2005-01-31, 11:02 am

Hi,

As I was reading I thought there must be a link here to Testosterone levels.
Agressiveness has been tied to T levels in teens and even pre-teen.

Also I think asking a man to estimate his being submissive, is a big
variable. It probably is going to need a whole battery of test questions to
see the degree of submissiveness for the researchers.

When men suffer from depression of various ailments related to older men,
TRT many times imporves these symptoms according to Dr. Shippen.

ernestnolan

"ED" <ed@ed.tv> wrote in message news:wjCKd.249$h%3.194@trndny09...
> Wimps don't make out
>
>
> Submissiveness linked to impotence
>
> By Adam Marcus
> HealthScout Reporter
> September 18, 2002 2:42 PM
>
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> If you're the guy who says yes to everything, your body may say no in the
> bedroom.
>
> New research suggests that submissive men are much more likely than men
with
> dominating personalities to become impotent as they get older.
>
> Erectile dysfunction becomes more common with age, and roughly half of men
> over 40 have at least modest trouble achieving erection, which means it
may
> affect about 18 million men in the United States, say experts. No one
knows
> exactly why that happens, however, and over the years the medical
community
> has variously emphasized the physical or emotional risk factors.
>
> The latest "quick fix" is Viagra, a pill made by Pfizer Inc. that caused a
> frenzy when it was released in 1998. This anti-impotence drug is the
largest
> selling one of its kind, with over $1 billion in sales last year.
>
> In the newest study, which appeared in the American Journal of
Epidemiology,
> Andre Araujo and his colleagues at the New England Research Institutes
> followed nearly 800 participants in the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, a
> project that looked at the health problems of older men.
>
> Subjects were given questionnaires about their physical and emotional
> health, including measures of the dominance of their personalities and how
> they dealt with anger.
>
> By the end of the 10-year study, 163 men, or 21 percent, reported
developing
> mild or serious erectile dysfunction.
>
> Not surprisingly, men with high blood pressure, those who smoked and those
> who were obese were more likely to develop ED. But even after accounting
for
> those risk factors, men who scored low on scales of dominance were about
60
> percent more likely than their assertive counterparts to report erection
> problems, the researchers found.
>
> The result is not carved in stone, however. The researchers themselves
> admitted that one of the weaknesses of their study was that dominant men
may
> answer questions about their sexual function differently than submissive
> men, and that may have biased the results.
>
> Araujo and his colleagues also measured hormone levels in men as they
aged,
> on the premise that fading testosterone levels might lead to impotence.
But
> hormones didn't seem to affect the probability of having normal or
troubled
> erections, he said.
>
> Knowing if a man thinks of himself as dominant or submissive could help
> doctors treat patients with erectile dysfunction, Araujo said,
particularly
> in cases where Viagra doesn't work. "Often the origin of ED is not just a
> psychological or physical problem, it's often a mixture of both," he said.
>
> Dr. Richard Balon, a psychiatrist at Wayne State university in Detroit,
said
> dominant men are more likely to have high self-esteem and experience less
> anxiety during sex, which could improve their odds of getting an erection.
>
> Dr. Arnold Melman, chairman of urology at Albert Einstein college of
> Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., said depression is
a
> well-established marker for ED, although the latest study didn't find such
a
> link.
>
> Still, said Melman, "asking about dominance and submissiveness would be
much
> lower on the list" of questions that a doctor might ask when looking for
the
> cause of impotence.
>
> What to do
>
> To avoid the physical causes of erectile dysfunction, give up smoking,
lose
> weight and keep your blood pressure down. If you feel you may be depressed
> or have other psychological problems, talk to your doctor about seeing a
> mental health expert
>
>
>