According to Herb Goldberg, most cases of male impotence are "pair specific": "Men are not impotent today. They only are impotent with some women under some conditions and their non-responsive reactions reflect important truths that they must learn to trust and understand." (The Hazards of Being Male, Herb Goldberg, Ph.D., p 28) This does not mean women are to blame for male impotence. It does mean that, for whatever reasons, a man does not desire that particular woman.
Women suffer from impotence too: Vaginismus. According to Anita Nelson, a female gynecologist featured in March, 1992, on CNN's Sonya Live, vaginismus is "a woman's inability to relax, to enjoy." Or, as Linda Valins explains in her book, When a Woman's Body Says No to Sex, it's "an involuntary spasm of the vaginal muscles, which at its mildest makes intercourse difficult and at its extreme makes penetration impossible." (Sex & Health, Janet Lever, Ph.D. & Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., Glamour, February 1992, p 36)
Whether it's called vaginismus or impotence, there's not much difference.
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