
Remember Freud’s drawing of the bearded old man with the “hidden” naked woman, and the caption “What’s on a Man’s Mind”? Judging from my experience with men, which spans from coaching men on sex, leading relationship trainings with my wife, being part of an international men’s community, to of course being one myself, it’s obvious that there’s a lot more on men’s minds when it comes to sex than the beautiful young woman in Freud’s depiction. As a matter of fact, there are so many conflicting voices at play in a man’s mind that it can be very difficult to sort out which voice to listen to, if any of them.
In this article I will share what I find are the dominant voices in men’s minds about sex and where they come from. And although it can sound amusing to talk about “voices” in a man’s mind, make no mistake, it hardly ever is. Often, it’s a source of immense pain, embarrassment, confusion, anger, shame, and guilt, and actually amounts to a unique kind of insanity.
Imagine a triangle. In the center stands a man trying to make sense of his sexuality, trying to determine where to stand. Each of the three points on the triangle is a voice beckoning to him with its answer to his quest. One voice is warning him, another is luring him, and the third is strong at first, but then later can hardly be heard. In his attempt to go in three different directions at once, he tears himself apart. This tearing apart is what we see in men as either sexual “overdrive”, e.g. sex addiction, using prostitutes, or having affairs; or sexual “underdrive”, which can be impotence, premature ejaculation, lack of sex drive, or feeling like a little boy in sex. Let’s look at these voices:
The first voice says: “Sex is immoral, dirty and dangerous”. From the second a baby boy is born, his genitals are securely wrapped up and hidden behind diapers. If he manages to find his way through the layers and actually feel his privates, there’s bound to follow a “NO!”, or maybe his hand is just gently taken away. He’ll hear when he grows a bit older how it isn’t appropriate to touch “down there”, and “those things” should be kept private. Come puberty, the “tales of danger” begins: You can get sexually transmitted diseases, die from AIDS, make a girl pregnant, have to have abortion, or become a parent, either way is terror. Some boys will have the religious theme added which not only makes it all dangerous, but also dirty, sinful and a potential ticket to hell. (For the record, I have a 12-year old boy. The level of fear regarding sex promoted through the adults around these kids is truly mind-blowing)
The second voice says: “Sex is what a REAL man does! Yeah, I’m a stuuuud!” This voice is fueled by movies, magazines, TV, commercials, other boys, and sometimes moms and dads as well. This voice preaches the image we’ve all learned by watching a couple of million hours of artificial reality through movies and TV. The hero always “scores” the woman, does he not? He always ends up in bed with her. He always knows exactly what to do, what to say, when to say it, and when to shut her up with a swooning kiss. He’s always slender and handsome, with a “6-pack” on his belly (my son will sometimes ask me, blue in the face from strain: “Dad, hnngh, see my 6-pack, hnnnggh, do you see it?”) He’s well-mannered and will make all the female eyes in the room turn his way. He’s a stud! This voice is strengthened by the cheers of fellow insecure young men as they egg each other on and try to prove themselves.
Now, the third voice is different in nature, in that it was in the boy from birth. At times it is very audible, for example around puberty, but often it doesn’t speak as loudly as the two other voices. It is more of a “felt” voice. This is the voice of our inherent sexual force, the call from somewhere mystical that we feel without a doubt when the force is awoken. It whispers to us of intense pleasure, of never-ending delight, of savoring the fruits of the Earth and human bodies. It sings lyrical tunes in our inner ears and has the drawing power of the alluring songs of the sirens. Even before we have a language, we intuitively want to see where it’s leading us. No toddler every planned to go masturbate. His hand just automatically is drawn to rest on his genitals (did you ever observe little boys and girls who aren’t in diapers and who are allowed to explore? They touch themselves frequently and with unashamed pleasure).
Is it any wonder, with these three voices vying for his attention and pulling on him, that the boy grows into a man utterly confused about his sexuality?
It is out of this confusion and insanity that most all of men’s pain, shame, guilt, performance anxiety, addiction to, or avoidance of sex arise. It’s madness, and we’ve all received massive amounts of it. Many men never free themselves from it; ALL men have the capacity to do so. It takes conscious effort, for sure, but with some help it’s totally doable. And the rewards are infinite. The reward is nothing less than access to the full power God gave us through the vast force of sexual energy. From there, we are indeed unstoppable.
So men, no matter where you find yourself in your sex-life now, take a first step. Call me for an informal conversation – strictly confidential – and we’ll point you in the right direction.
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Christian R Pedersen
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