Six Measures to Prevent Male Infertility and an Overview of Sexual Psychology

[Preventing Male Infertility] In traditional Chinese thought, being unable to have children is a great disservice to one's ancestors. Although this view has changed, infertility remains a heavy psychological burden for men.

Male infertility has many complex causes, but some types of male infertility can be completely prevented or avoided by maintaining healthy lifestyle habits:

(1) Get vaccinated on time and maintain good personal hygiene habits to prevent various infectious diseases that can harm male fertility, such as mumps and sexually transmitted diseases.

(2) You should acquire certain sexual knowledge, understand male physiological characteristics and health care knowledge. If you find any changes in your testicles that are different from usual, such as swelling, hardening, unevenness, pain, etc., you must seek medical treatment in time.

(3) If you are frequently exposed to radioactive materials, high temperatures and toxic substances at work, you must strictly follow the operating procedures and protection regulations. Do not be careless. If you want to have children in the near future, it is best to leave this type of work for six months before having children.

(4) The testicle is a very delicate organ. Its optimal working temperature is 1°C lower than the human body temperature. If the temperature is too high, it will affect the production of sperm. Therefore, any factors that can raise the temperature of the testicle should be avoided, such as riding a bicycle for a long time, taking a hot bath, or wearing jeans.

(5) Change bad habits, quit smoking and drinking; do not eat too greasy food, otherwise it will affect libido; in addition, you should also avoid contact with toxic items in life, such as: clothes brought back from the dry cleaner should be left for a few days before wearing, because dry cleaning agents will affect male sexual function.

(6) It is important to pay attention to premarital physical examinations. Early detection of abnormalities can avoid suffering after marriage.

After marriage, couples should frequently communicate with each other about problems encountered in their sex life, cooperate with each other, and understand each other. This can help avoid many psychogenic erectile dysfunctions or premature ejaculation.

**Part 1: What Do You Know About Sexual Psychology?**

[Sexual Psychology] "Sexual psychology" refers to the psychological activities and emotional responses of people during sexual behavior between the sexes.

Changes in a person's sexual psychology are determined by changes in sexual physiological development. In early childhood, the sexual organs are not yet fully developed, there is no sexual desire, and therefore no psychological expression of sexual impulses.

After entering puberty, the sex organs are fully developed. Under the influence of sex hormones, both boys and girls not only undergo significant physiological changes, but also develop psychological needs such as sexual desire release and courtship.

[Psychological Differentiation of Gender Roles] Everyone has their own unique characteristics, such as personality, hobbies, and interests.

However, as men and women, they differ in psychological qualities, temperament, and personality.

As the saying goes, men are masculine and women are gentle and tender, which summarizes the difference in psychological qualities between the sexes.

Men are generally more active, adventurous, competitive, independent, and power-hungry; while women are generally more quiet, have fears, a strong need for security, are more dependent, and more compliant.

Men tend to pay less attention to their appearance, while women love cleanliness and are good at dressing themselves.

Men's feelings are less likely to shift, while women's feelings are more easily expressed.

It is precisely because men and women have these different temperaments and psychological differences that they complement each other psychologically, attract each other, and beautify the relationship between men and women.

From a physiological point of view, the differences between men and women are extremely simple.

When a baby is born, the first thing parents care about is whether it's a boy or a girl. Midwives can answer this question correctly just by looking at the appearance of the baby's genitals.

However, from a psychological perspective, the psychological characteristics of male and female gender roles are not different from infancy.

Psychological gender differences are formed gradually during a person's growth process, based on physiological changes and influenced by environment, education, and other factors. They are gradually strengthened along with the process of sexual physiological development and sexual maturation.

For parents, teachers, and relatives, understanding the psychological differentiation of male and female gender roles is crucial for nurturing healthy gender role psychology in boys and girls.

This is also of great significance for the prevention of certain sexual perversions (such as homosexuality).

The development of psychological gender can be roughly divided into three stages:

The first stage is the hazy period, which is the early stage of moral development, roughly from 3 to 6 years old.

At this stage, children do not yet possess basic knowledge of gender or a self-identified concept of gender, and their thinking is mainly based on concrete images.

For example, the understanding of "mother" is limited to my mother, your mother, or his mother among your friends. They only think about the specific image of a mother who has long hair, is young, and wears floral clothes, without thinking about the abstract concept of "a woman capable of bearing children." As a result, they do not know what things men should do and what things women should bear.

In the minds of children at this age, there is no clear distinction between boys and girls.

The second stage is the period of moral development, which generally falls during the early school years, i.e., 6 to 9 years old.

At this time, children's abstract thinking begins to develop.

When children learn that there are differences between boys and girls, understand their own gender roles, and realize that gender roles cannot be changed, it touches their hearts, causing them to develop feelings of liking for children of the same gender and feelings of rejection towards children of the opposite gender.

In elementary schools, it is common to see boys playing with boys and girls playing with girls, with a clear distinction between the sexes.

The third stage is the period of establishing moral concepts, from about 9 years old to adolescence, that is, the period of transition from childhood to reproductive capacity.

At this point, the concept of gender psychological roles was further established.

At the same time, due to the influence of social customs and family education, children develop moral concepts that should be observed between the sexes.

During puberty, as the gonads mature, the attitude towards the opposite sex changes from childhood rejection to attraction, and this attraction is constrained by moral concepts in the mind.