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"[This book is] outstanding, well-written, and should be read by all men and women."--James Lewis, Jr., Ph.D., Executive Director, Education Center for Prostate Cancer Patients

Erectile dysfunction is a frequent consequence of prostate cancer and other prostate disease treatments. Though unwelcome and embarrassing, it doesn't have to end a couple's sex life. Both informative and practical, Intimacy with Impotence gives couples cause for hope. It discusses impotence in lay terms, provides information on the commercial therapies and medications both available and being researched now, and gives practical advice about lovemaking-from getting in the mood to commonsense suggestions to erection-less satisfaction. Written with complete honesty and compassion by a prostate cancer survivor and his wife, this is the essential resource for couples trying to reestablish intimacy and sex in the face of impotence. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

DEE
Our impression of this book is neutral. Books generally are based on the opinion of thier writers. We were hoping for a more "emotional, psychological" approach to the issue. This book makes a fair attempt.

Change your perspective of life after PC surgery!!
This book makes you aware of many things nobody told me would happen after I had PC Surgery.Your whole system changes and without help it is difficult to live a normal decent life with your spouse.I should have bought it immediatly after surgery, 3 years ago, but didn't know about it until 2 months ago.
We Survivours of PC should unite to help others with the tremendous resources like this book and many others.Read the book, it will get you back on the right track.Love life is not over after PC!!

Helping others
I read this book to assist a friend that is trying to deal with his ED issues. He is single. I think that this book had addressed issues that are faced by married men as well as single men. I would like to see more books on this topic as it relates to single men because I believe that many single men believe that this limits their ability to have a fulfilling relationship with the opposite sex.

A book for any couple
My wife and I are in our 70s with children and grand-children. We have had a very happy marriage, but did not really talk alot about our sex life together. I had surgery 18 months ago for prostate cancer and afterwards experienced impotency. This book was immensely helpful in working through this problem. We read sections together and felt that we could have used it years ago. We have better communication now than we ever did.

Read this book as a couple before prostate cancer surgery!
My husband is a physician and I am a marriage and family therapist. This bookcovers, in a reader friendly manner, the proverbial psycho social medical waterfront concerning erectile dysfunction.The most important message is that aboutpenile rehabilitation, ( to be done withdoctor's approval ) to be practiced quite soon after recovery from surgery. Published in 2004, it has all the up to date information on both drug and other therapies. In our opinion, this book should be in the hands of every person considering prostate cancer surgery, so that they will be informed about what they need to do after follow up. ... Read more

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Pop culture conversation piece, OK. Scholarship? Not so much.
As an everyman "hey, look at what people did in Ye Olden Times!" book, this is enjoyable and amusing. It is a perfect example of how to publish scholarship that will actually sell on a mass scale. As a "Cultural History," this book exemplifies the common complaints against *some* works in Cultural Studies and New Historicism.

For individuals interested in a vague overview of gender issues and sexuality through the ages, the book is fine (with a grain of salt). Its tendency to conflate hundreds of years of history into "one era" and "one viewpoint," to hand-pick items of literature that will prove a statement while ignoring several dozens of items that disprove it, to overlook some *major* elements in the field, and to play fast and loose with information makes the book risky to use for any real scholarship. Its attempt to be the Reader's Digest of the topic makes it and its dubious veracity virtually uncitable.

A Historical Review of a Longstanding Problem
"Impotence in an age that believed in witchcraft was quite different from impotence in an age that believed in science."So writes Angus McLaren in _Impotence: A Cultural History_ (University of Chicago Press).What's even more important than the differences, however, is that all cultures have fretted about not having sufficient lead in their pencils.We have _the_ solution now, a wonderful pill, although like all the others, it is a solution linked with its own problems.McLaren's extensive history may be about impotence, but winds up being a history of all sorts of sexual ideas, like understanding of conception, superstitions about masturbation, women's emancipation, and more.This is literally a vital topic, and in some ways it is dismaying that we have a long history of surrounding it with silly and illogical worries.That merely shows, however, that the subject is an important one, and McLaren's entertaining book puts it into proper historical perspective.



Everything always seems to start with the ancient Greeks, who started the long tradition of blaming someone else for the problem.A Roman man would fret if neither women nor boys prompted an erection, and not having an erection, not being able to penetrate, was a shame in itself.It had nothing to do with failing to please a partner, for a desire to please a partner was itself felt to be effeminate.The medieval church felt that a marriage was only a marriage if it were properly consummated, and as a result, there was the irony of nominally celibate churchmen having to debate and adjudicate the finer points of coitus.If a wife or her family claimed that a husband had not fulfilled his part of the bargain, he might have to show that he had the power to do so.Sometimes prostitutes would be hired so that the clerics might witness the resultant erection.The performance anxiety must have led to many false positives.The problem has always been perceived as a real one, and so solutions were always there to be tried, even if they were not real solutions.Impotence then as now has been a boon for quacks.In the 1700s Dr. Brodum offered his Nervous Cordial and Botanical Syrup to get men ready for the rigors of the married state. Victorian doctors tried to cure the ailment, but they had little to offer to distinguish themselves from the quacks.They had advice on morals; don't have sex too often, and for goodness sake, don't masturbate.It would be nice to think that the twentieth century and its scientific and sexual revolutions would have solved things, but such is not the case.There were nutty therapies involving the implantation of goat or monkey glands.Viagra (and the subsequent Cialis and Levitra) were supposed to take all the worry out of sex, but nothing performs that function.McLaren reports that female partners of Viagra users aren't nearly as convinced that the drug is a boon as those who swallow the pills are, and anyway, only half of the men who try it ever get their prescriptions refilled.



It would be nice to shake some sense into people, to have them see that erections are not all there is to sex, and that there is plenty of sexual enjoyment to be had in lots of ways whether or not an erection can be counted upon.That's really the only sensible way to look at the issue, but McLaren's book demonstrates that we do not look at it sensibly.The best guess is that there will be even more advanced solutions to the problem a hundred years from now, and a hundred years from now, we will be fretting over the problem (or turning it into some new problem) just as every generation in history has.

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Great book
This is a comprehensive easy to understand book for anybody. I believe Mr. J. Stephen Jones is indeed a leading urologist in our world. I recommend his book without hesitation in general...

Perfect Balance
This is the most current and complete book available on the topic of maintaining or regaining sexual health, taking a balanced approach to a serious subject. It uses appropriate and tasteful humor to disarm nervousness and embarassment most men and their partners experience when dealing with sexual issues.

Buy this book now!
Never before has such comprehensive and state-of-the-art medical information been so inviting and enjoyable. This superbly-written guide appeals to all, from the afflicted to the curious. It has become an integral part of my treatment algorithm.Finally--Chicken Soup for the pole!

Excellent book on a delicate subject
If you have questions about impotence, this book has the answers!

Dr. Jones has taken a subject that in the best of circumstances is difficult to discuss, and made it practical and approachable. He dispels the myths about impotence in a humorous and tactful manner while providing hope and options for treatment. He combines useful information with humor in a style that is very appealing.

Anyone who wants/needs information about impotence should start with this book!

Engaging style on a serious subject
No matter your age or gender, if impotence--or fear of impotence--has crept into your life, buy this book NOW!

Dr. Stephen Jones, noted urologist and researcher, takes the mystery and trepidation out of this formerly-taboo topic with candor, thoroughness, and refreshing humor. (I laughed out loud, no kidding!)No aspect of the male sexual organ and its functioning is left undiscussed, nor is the female disregarded, for Dr. Jones helps the reader understand how the physical and psychological relationship between man and woman affects sexual satisfaction.

Eschewing jargon and technical language, Dr. Jones' down-to-earth, insightful, and respectful approach to his subject makes for a highly readable, easily understandable book.Readers learn what matters, what doesn't, and the many steps that can be taken to to eliminate or at least minimize erectile dysfunction.What a joy to find such a thorough and engaging book on this difficult subject. ... Read more

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Good
Impotence is mainly a inability of maintaining an erection for sexual intercourse. Psychological impotence can be easily cured with counseling but some of the types of impotence are irreversible. Physical impotence mostly occurs from cardiovascular illness or diabetes. If a man has an erection at night the impotence is surelypsychological related but if he has none than it might be physiological however you might find interesting the book "Natural Penis Enlargement: New Methods of Avoiding and Curing Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, and Erectile Dysfunction Safely and Inexpensively. New ... No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets! Vol. 2" by Platinum Millennium as it treats the same subject.

Good
Impotence is mainly a inability of maintaining an erection for sexual intercourse. Psychological impotence can be easily cured with counseling but some of the types of impotence are irreversible. Physical impotence mostly occurs from cardiovascular illness or diabetes. If a man has an erection at night the impotence is surelypsychological related but if he has none than it might be physiological however you might find interesting the book "Natural Penis Enlargement: New Methods of Avoiding and Curing Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, and Erectile Dysfunction Safely and Inexpensively. New ... No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets! Vol. 2" by Platinum Millennium as it treats the same subject.

truly wonderful, inspiring, and life-changing book...
This book was a real eye-opener. I have had erectile dysfunction for quite some time since a machining accident, and I have tried every book/technique for overcoming my insecurities on the market.I tried viagra, seeing manyurologists, and even hypnotism and still could not get it up!Imagine theeffect this terrible disease has on your self esteem and how difficult itis to get into a serious relationship.Needless to say the 10 years beforeI read this book were a dark time for me.I wont give too much awaybecause if you are like me you will love reading this book from cover tocover, but several important topics are covered including daily excercisesto improve public muscle strength and overcoming our anxieties about sexand masturbation.The author's style was uplifting...I was truly put atease by his comforting tone.

Very Helpful--It changed my outlook and my life-
This book gave me information I had been seeking for a long time. I was so impressed that I went to see Dr. Morganstern in Atlanta and he gave me and my wife a new lease on life!!! ... Read more

Book Description
In the United States, more than thirty million men suffer from impotence. Just as Prozac broke the taboo about discussing depression and seeking treatment, the hot new drug, Viagra, has brought the subject of male potency out of the closet and to the attention of men everywhere of one of the world's oldest anxieties: the fear of failure. Consumers need an accurate, up-to-date look at impotence and this new miracle cure: Does Viagra really work? What are its side effects? Will insurance cover it?What isn't my doctor telling me? The Unofficial Guide to Conquering Impotence delivers the inside scoop on impotence: the truth about Viagra, what treatments really work, and how lifestyle changes can aid in conquering it. Substantive, authoritative, and unbiased, The Unofficial Guide to Conquering Impotence covers the medical and the psychological angles while making accessible the medical terminology and procedures that can confuse and intimidate the reader.Readers learn: How to find and select a good urologist and/or psychotherapist All about the effect of specific health problems on erectile function, such as diabetes, prostate trouble, spinal cord injuries, various cancers, high

blood pressure, and heart diseaseThe latest on current prescription drugs--Viagra, Vasomax, Muse,and Caverject scrutinized The inside scoop on the side effects caused by the miracle pill, Viagra The pros and cons of alternative treatments and gadgets ... Read more

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Impotence can be conquered!
This book is easy to follow and can make a huge difference in your life - highly recommend it!

Changed our marriage!
This book is a MUST READ for any couple over age 35--it will change your life and your marriage! The information on what causes impotence is excellent. We honestly did not know "why" it was happening. Yet,we learned that job STRESS, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, and evenover-the-counter medicines can effect male sexual performance--and wefollowed the book to make important lifestyle changes. Thank you for thisbook as it changed our marriage!!!

This book will change your life! It has the answers you need
My doctor never told me that my blood pressure medicine could cause impotence. In fact, when I asked about it--he said it wouldn't make any difference. Well--then I read this book!! I realized that this washindering my sexual performance, called my doctor, and he changedmedicines. In three days, I had no problems with impotence--just fromchanging blood pressure medications! I've learned that we are responsiblefor our own health--THIS BOOK will help you do just that. Buy it--it's veryimformative and gives excellent "tips" throughout on how toovercome erectile dysfunction.

Finally--a superb book on Viagra and the topic of impotence
Excellent book. It's well-written and scientifically substantiated without being too "medical" in tone. EVERY MAN over the age of 40 SHOULD READ THIS BOOK--as well as their wives/partners. The chapters on VIAGRA and ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS are amazing. Who would have thought that job stresscan cause impotence? The authors give quick & easy ways to REDUCEstress and increase sexual performance.

Superb resource--both men and women should read
With all the news on VIAGRA--this book puts it in perspective. It is a comprehensive guide for couples on why impotence occurs--what causes it and HOW it can be stopped. The chapters on different health problems that leadto impotence are very thorough and informative. I especially appreciatedknowing that medications for high blood pressure can easily cause erectiledysfunction--and how you can change to another medication to stop it. Icommend the authors for writing about a sensitive--but very timely topicand doing so in a professional manner. If you are a male--over age 30--orif you have a health problem such as hypertension, diabetes, ordepression--READ THIS BOOK! It will change your life. ... Read more

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One of the easiest to understand health books I ever read
Dr. Steidle's ability to communicate the answers [to questions often diffucult to state] is incredible.This is information that my not be used today, but needed in the future.He covers all bases.

Very Interesting!
The book uses termnology that is easy to follow.It makes for interesting and informative reading of impotence.

phenomenal !
this is a thoughtful and easy to read discussion to help you navigate the the current stream of information on impotence. The best review I have ever seen. ... Read more

Book Description
In early modern Europe the sacrament of matrimony representeda life-long commitment, and the Catholic Church accepted few grounds forthe dissolution of an unhappy marriage. One of these was an unconsummatedmarriage owing to the sexual impotency of one of the partners. Even then,an annulment was granted only after a Church court had conducted a lengthyinvestigation of the case, soliciting testimony from numerous witnesses aswell as from the aggrieved couple, and had subjected the allegedly impotentspouse (and sometimes both spouses) to an intimate physical examination.

Historian Edward J. Behrend-Martínez studied the transcripts ofeighty-three impotency trials conducted by the ecclesiastical court of theSpanish diocese of Calahorra in La Rioja--an area incorporating both Basqueand Castilian populations and including urban and rural parishes. Fromthese records, he produced a detailed account of private life and publicsexuality in these early years of the modern era.

The transcripts provide insights into the dynamics of daily marital lifeand the role that property, gender, and personal preference played inmarriage. They also reveal information about medical knowledge at the timeand about contemporary understanding of the physiology and psychology ofsex. Unfit for Marriage is the first study in English to address theproceedings of a Spanish ecclesiastical court and is a vivid portrait ofmarriage and marital sex in early modern Europe. It is essential reading toanyone interested in social history, gender studies, canon law, legalhistory, sexuality, and the history of divorce in Western Europe. ... Read more

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Liked it!
I liked this book because it explains some things that i didn't know about impotence and its causes. Also you can find valuable information about avoiding this terrible condition. A much more in depth book about all of these is "Volume II - Natural Penis Enlargement: New methods of avoiding and curing impotence, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction safely and inexpensively. ... Book on CD-Rom for PC & Mac Computers" by "Platinum Millennium, the best book that i could find about impotence and other sexual disorders ... Read more

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Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages investigates the common medieval belief that magic could cause impotence, focusing particularly on the period 1150-1450.The subject has never been studied in detail before, but there is a surprisingly large amount of information about it in four kinds of source: confessors' manuals; medical compendia that discussed many illnesses; commentaries on canon law; and theological commentaries on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.Although most historians of medieval culture focus on only one or two of these kinds of source, a broader comparison reveals that medieval writers held surprisingly diverse opinions about what magic was, how it worked, and whether it was ever legitimate to use it.Medieval discussions of magically caused impotence also include a great deal of information about magical practices, most of which have not been studied before.In particular, these sources say a great deal about popular magic, a subject which has been particularly neglected by historians because the evidence is scanty and difficult to interpret.Magic and Impotence makes new information about popular magic available for the first time.Magic and Impotence also examines why the authors of legal, medical, and theological texts were so interested in popular magical practices relating to impotence.It therefore uses magically caused impotence as a case-study to explore the relationship between elite and popular culture.In particular, this study emphasizes the importance of the thirteenth-century pastoral reform movement, which sought to enforce more orthodox religious practices.Historians have often noted that this movement brought churchmen into contact with popular beliefs, but this is the first study to demonstrate the profound effect it had on theological and legal ideas about magic. ... Read more

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From the prudish Victorians through the sexual revolution of the sixties and on to the more enlightened twenty-first century, impotence remains a taboo subject, which few care to discuss and even fewer care to admit to.Sympathetic and informative, this comprehensive manual reveals one couple's successful approach to overcoming impotence and erection problems and to achieving complete sexual satisfaction for both lovers. Steeped in learning from Buddhism and the Tantra, it deals with many areas from the importance of totally honest communication and the use of the senses to more adventurous practices such as group sex, bondage and sado-masochism. This is an invaluable guide to enhancing your sex life together and putting you more in touch with your partner's body, wishes and desires.Whether young or old, the methods explained here will improve your performance and your pleasure as you learn the secret of multiple orgasms and discover the joy of truly fulfilling lovemaking. ... Read more

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Good book
A very good book that explains that problems dealing with the lack of erection, premature ejaculation and other sexual disorders is not always caused by psychological stress and outside factors, but mightbe a problem of the man, something that needs treatment urgently. If you are looking for ways to improve your condition then try "Volume II - Natural Penis Enlargement: New methods of avoiding and curing impotence, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction safely and inexpensively. ... Book on CD-Rom for PC & Mac Computers by" Platinum Millennium, a book that delivers all your answers
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World renowned urologists, Dr. David Mobley and Dr. StevenWilson, wrote this book to help the ten million sufferers of impotencein men under 40 years of age. It tells in clear detail and diagramstreatments possible in reversing impotence. ... Read more

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Is it really?
The prior review argues that McQuiag's arguments are based on a belief in democracy and the role of government to act as a representative of the people. But, if this is true, why is she writing the book? The Mulroney government that signed the free trade agreement was elected democratically, and the negotiation of a free trade agreement was an explicit part of the party's election platform. One can argue whether the agreement does promote free trade or merely sets out a series of rules governing the use of protectionist policies. Thus, the real foundation of McQuiag's argument relies on the majority of people being consistently conned by politicians who promise one thing and delivery something completely different. However, rather than address the problem of politicians' propensity to cater to special interests, whether they be corporate executives or labour unions, McQuiag focuses all her energies on attacking private enterprise, without once addressing the problem of rent-seeking and government. The answer to the problems McQuiag speaks about lies in reducing the power of governments to grant privileges to special interests at the expense of everybody else.

Last review is a grotesque distortion of McQuaig's argument
The last review utterly distorts McQuaig's argument, which if anything, favours a dynamic relationship of balance and counter-balance between the public and private sector. McQuaig's argument is fundamentally based on a belief in democracy, and in the role of government to act as the people's representative, and in the people's interest. This view is perhaps misplaced, given that many or most Western governments in recent years have been co-opted and effectively act as agents for large corporations, which represent at best the interest of their shareholders. Since, despite myths to the contrary, a relatively small number of interests still hold the bulk of share equity, this co-opting of government has resulted in governments that superficially bear the features of democracies, but effectively represent an oligarchical form of governance.

McQuaig's argument is that government does at all times have the tools necessary to re-invent itself, and legislate on behalf of the populace at large, and that the oft-bandied claim that government is helpless in the fact of "inevitable" trends such as globalization amount essentially to a self-serving abdication of responsibility.

The problem with the review below, other than its intellectually dishonest misrepresentation of McQuaig's argument, is that it takes a stereotypically Manichean view of the universe. Any government regulation or, indeed, governance per se is inherently evil (or "communistic", which is much the same thing), and destroys wealth and prosperity; by the same token, absolutely unfettered capitalism is the Archangel of goodness, and the guarantor of prosperity for all.Tell that to the former employees, shareholders and pensionholders of Enron. From where they stand today, a little judicious, and uncorrupted governance would have saved their security, and kept a huge amount of wealth from being destroyed by uncontrolled rapacity. Tell that, also, to the millions of working poor in the U.S., with dead-end jobs, zero prospects, lousy inner city educational facilities and no health insurance. Boy, it sure is paradise!

You know, the Scandinavian countries have, for several generations, maintained capitalistic systems (with no shortage of productive private enterprise), while ensuring a good quality of life for all their citizens: health care, education, day care, a sound social safety net, generosity to less developed countries, and microscopic crime rates. Maybe we North Americans should put aside our arrogance, show some willingness to actually investigate what others have achieved (without assuming that our way is inherently best, simply because it is ours), and learn what the models of these little countries have to offer us. Their governments are hardly impotent, yet I suspect that their high per capita incomes and fairer distributions of wealth will ultimately prove more stable than the boom-to-bust model we pursue with such blinkered certainty.

Stop the broken record
This books is no different from any other book written by McQuaig. This means that the private sector is always bad, and if only the right (read socialist) people were running the government we would have a utopia. Mcquaig would do some good if she thought through the implications of her own arguments, if she did she would realize that her main point is that wealth creation is bad and that a world where we were all equally living in poverty rather would be superior to one in which wealth inequality exists. ... Read more

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One of the best
Impotence is mainly a inability of maintaining an erection for sexual intercourse. Psychological impotence can be easily cured with counseling but some of the types of impotence are irreversible. Physical impotence mostly occurs from cardiovascular illness or diabetes. If a man has an erection at night the impotence is surelypsychological related but if he has none than it might be physiological however you might find interesting the book "[...]" by Platinum Millennium as it treats the same subject. ... Read more