Teaching Men's Anal Pleasure: Challenging Gender Norms with “Prostage” Education

Branfman, Jonathan; Stiritz, Susan Ekberg

doi:10.1080/15546128.2012.740951

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“…Further studies on psycho‐oncologic interventions for GBQ men that address the prostate as a sexual organ are needed. This may be true for heterosexual men, too; after all, the prostate is a human, not a gay, gland (Branfamn, Stiritz, & Anderson, ; Branfman & Ekberg Stiritz, ). While this review has focused on the specific concerns of GBQ men, some of the issues discussed are similar to those of heterosexual men.…”

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“…The intersection of prostate cancer and sexual orientation is important to discuss for GBQ men who engage in anal sex. Often viewed merely a reproductive organ, the prostate can also be a sexual organ, as it can be stimulated for sexual pleasure (Branfman & Ekberg Stiritz, ; Levin ). The prostate shares sensory innervation with the penis, as well as the scrotum, rectum, and anal canal and external sphincter (Agnew, ; Drake, Vogel, & Mitchell, ; Levin ).…”

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Sexual minority men and the experience of undergoing treatment for prostate cancer: An integrative review

2019

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Introduction Gay, bisexual and queer (GBQ) men with prostate cancer have unique experiences of the prostate cancer journey. The current integrative review aimed to synthesise existing scientific literature for the purpose of identifying GBQ men's psychosocial experience of undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Methods We utilised the Whittemore and Knafl (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52, 546–553) integrative review methodology and the Garrard (Health sciences literature review made easy. Jones & Bartlett Publishers) matrix method. Results After a systematic search, 18 quantitative and non‐empirical studies were included for thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: (a) Prostate cancer, and its treatment affect sexual wellbeing, including negatively affecting their relationships and sense of self. (b) Health care is heteronormative, exemplified by clinicians dismissing GBQ men's concerns, leading GBQ men to fare worse on psychosocial outcomes, including treatment satisfaction, in comparison with heterosexual counterparts. (c) Prostate cancer affects social support. GBQ men rely on an expansive support network, but often isolate themselves during prostate cancer treatment as to not be burden others. Conclusion Psychosocial supportive care needs to address GBQ men's sexual, emotional and social needs. Future psycho‐oncologic trials are needed, especially on GBQ‐specific peer‐support interventions.

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Sexual minority men and the experience of undergoing treatment for prostate cancer: An integrative review

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“…69-71). In the meantime, the anal penetration required for Leo's treatment invites consideration of both masculinities and the widespread absence of knowledge about the pleasures of prostate massage (Branfman & Stiritz, 2012).…”

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“…First, many students in our classes (each semester, mostly females but with a few males) experienced a collective epiphany when we discussed stimulation of the prostate, introduced by Dr. Givings's treatment of Leo in In the Next Room. By naming this usually unnamed and undervalued route to pleasure, which we call "prostage" (Branfman & Stiritz, 2012), we try to bring it out of the wild zone, while also exposing the deeply gendered assumptions shaping our limited understandings of sex. Students had a similarly revelatory experience in our unit on pregnancy and birth while watching a short excerpt of a film about "orgasmic birth" (Pascali-Bonaro & Liem, 2008).…”

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“…These three topics center on muted cultural experiences that lie outside the hegemonic symbolic order. New terms continue to enter dominant discourses, in turn giving additional support and content to the absence of standard vocabulary for phenomena like those we chose to call "prostage" (Branfman & Stiritz, 2012) and "unwanted traumatic assault reflex. "…”

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Going Wild: Law and Literature and Sex

Appleton

Stiritz

2016

Special Issue: Feminist Legal Theory

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This paper explores four works of contemporary fiction to illuminate formal and informal regulation of sex. The paper's co-authors frame analysis with the story of their creation of a transdisciplinary course, entitled "Regulating Sex: Historical and Cultural Encounters," in which students mined literature for social critique, became immersed in the study of law and its limits, and developed increased sensitivity to power, its uses, and abuses. The paper demonstrates the value theoretically and pedagogically of third-wave feminisms, wild zones, and contact zones as analytic constructs and contends that including sex and sexualities in conversations transforms personal experience, education, society, and culture, including law.

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Flexibility in Men's Sexual Practices in Response to Iatrogenic Erectile Dysfunction after Prostate Cancer Treatment

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IntroductionProstate cancer (PCa) treatments are associated with a high incidence of erectile dysfunction (ED). Interventions to help men with iatrogenic ED have largely focused on penile tumescence adequate for vaginal penetration. Less research has been undertaken on sex practices other than penile/vaginal intercourse.AimThe aim of this study was to explore forms of sexual practice engaged in by men following treatment for PCa. We focused in particular on anal intercourse (AI) as practiced by both nonheterosexual (i.e., gay-identified men and other men who have sex with men) and heterosexual men. We sought to determine how common AI was subsequent to PCa treatment and how flexible AI practitioners were in their modes (e.g., from insertive to receptive) when faced with iatrogenic ED.MethodsAn international online survey was conducted in 2010–2011 of men treated for PCa, where participants (N = 558) were asked explicitly about their sexual practices before and after PCa treatment.Main Outcome MeasuresThe outcome measures were the numbers and percentages of men who practiced AI before and after PCa treatment as well as the percentage who changed AI practice after PCa treatment.ResultsFive hundred twenty-six men (90 nonheterosexual men; 436 heterosexual men) answered questions on AI practices. A proportion of nonheterosexual (47%) and heterosexual men (7%) practiced AI following PCa treatment, and did so in all modes (insertive, receptive, and “versatile”). Many nonheterosexual men continued to be sexually active in the face of iatrogenic ED by shifting from the insertive to receptive modes. A few men, both heterosexual and nonheterosexual, adopted AI for the first time post-PCa treatment.ConclusionsFlexibility in sexual practice is possible for some men, both nonheterosexual and heterosexual, in the face of iatrogenic ED. Advising PCa patients of the possibilities of sexual strategies that include AI may help them in reestablishing a sex life that is not erection dependent. Dowsett GW, Lyons A, Duncan D, and Wassersug RJ. Flexibility in men's sexual practices in response to iatrogenic erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment. Sex Med 2014;2:115–120.

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Teaching Men's Anal Pleasure: Challenging Gender Norms with “Prostage” Education

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Sexual minority men and the experience of undergoing treatment for prostate cancer: An integrative review

Sexual minority men and the experience of undergoing treatment for prostate cancer: An integrative review

Going Wild: Law and Literature and Sex

Flexibility in Men's Sexual Practices in Response to Iatrogenic Erectile Dysfunction after Prostate Cancer Treatment

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