Toxic Masculinity Is Affecting Your Sexual Life and You Don’t Know

The mythology of “Men do not make sounds of titillation during intercourse” — what is the sex dialogue all about?

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So, I yelp, moan, sometimes cry during our love-making, yet he doesn’t. And questions revolve around my mind, gives me insecurities and the question my subconscious asks is “Am I not good enough?”

These continuous moans, scratches, and quivering are not rhetorical questions, they’re sex responses aimed to communicate desire and enforce encouragement. It’s a conversation, a sex dialogue — yet, no responses. Can someone tell me why men ignore me like I’m some stone deep in the ground?

I have finally concluded that toxic masculinity has to do with this issue. Toxic masculinity — remember when men advise themselves by using these statements, “Boys will be boys” or “Men don’t cry”, that’s it. They have also modified it into “Men don’t make sounds of titillation during intercourse”. I know this doesn’t apply to all men, I have friends who have experienced otherwise. However, the percentage is little.

Truth is, you know those sounds men make, the groans. I want them too, I’m sure I’m not the only woman who feels this way about it. How about we say it’s an equilibrium — They…