Aphrodisiacs and phallic competence: Implications for dominant masculinity
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2015-04-17
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University of Ghana
Abstract
The study explores how use of aphrodisiacs influence the construction
of phallic competence and sex decision making based on in-depth
interviews with 20 women and 16 men in Ghana. Participants were
recruited mainly by word-of-mouth through purposive and snowball
sampling techniques. The findings indicate that aphrodisiacs influence
dominant masculinity for both women and men. Women differentiated
between men based on their phallic competence (ability to
satisfy a woman sexually) and preferred eho ne ho (average) penis for
sex. The penis has to perform satisfactorily to stimulate a woman's
sexual pleasure. In reality, however, the size of a penis does not
necessarily matter once it can sexually satisfy a woman even if it is a
small penis. The use of aphrodisiac was mainly to sustain erection and
prolong sex in order to satisfy a woman sexually. Women were selfish
in their quest to seek sexual pleasure and exerted indirect pressures
on their male partners to seek sexual virility by recommending and
providing them with aphrodisiacs.
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School of social sciences colloquium
Keywords
aphrodisiacs, decision making, snowball sampling, prolong sex