By James H. Monach
Examines the motives of childlessness, the provision of decisions for and at a time of swiftly constructing remedies for infertility and new legislative controls, seems to be on the reviews and perspectives of childless undefined.
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Parents, particularly adopters, may find the suggestion surprising that the arrival of a child in the family reduces stress in this way. The number of studies that have been done into this alleged phenomenon is, in itself, tribute to the tenacity of the idea. A review of this material suggests that we should conclude with Edelmann and Connolly (1986) that ‘the speculation about the therapeutic value of adoption was unfounded’. Over the years, the concept of functional infertility has come to occupy a significant position in any discussion of the causes of infertility.
By this is meant either the inability to achieve and sustain an erection sufficient to achieve full penetration of the vagina, or premature ejaculation. In either case conception is unlikely to occur. Impotence has no necessary connection with fertility, in the sense that a man might well have semen within normal limits of fertility and yet be impotent. Indeed, this will normally be the case. However, it is often suggested that in the popular mind there is believed to be a close connection between the two.
The literature seems to discount the possibility of there frequently being found a physiological basis for the failure of orgasm, concentrating rather on the importance of psycho-social factors related to the development of attitudes to sex, early experience of sex, attitudes to the sexual partner, and the nature of the current sexual relationship(s) (Brecher and Brecher 1966). Sexual ignorance is frequently mentioned in texts concerning medical practice in infertility, and instruction in sexual technique forms a significant part of those books on the subject aimed at a lay audience.
