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Wow!

12/11/2017

 
Wow, reading this article in the New York Times, The Power of Touch, Especially For Men, was like deja vu from my previous blog.

If you recall in that blog below, I discussed how non-sexual touch can be used to manage sleep issues after the stress of those wildfires that destroyed a good portion of Sonoma County.  Now the NYT is discussing how American men need more non-sexual touch, especially amongst each other.  Dr. Ofer Zur is, unfortunately, correct: most socially acceptable touch for men is limited to violence and sex.  I see so many men in my practice get the majority of their touch needs, A.K.A. skin hunger, met via sex.  So for those guys sex has a greater urgency, importance, as well as possible implications.  That's a lot to put on sex and your partner!  Especially when they're not available for sex.

So this gets me thinking about about a really big question: how can we facilitate changing the culture of men to normalize non-sexual touch?  I hope you will ponder this question too.


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DIANE GLEIM  
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST 
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​SONOMA COUNTY, CA
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​Santa Rosa, California  95401
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