Partners of ED

[maoriguy]

I don't if this would be helpful but I think we should have a forums for partners of men who have ED and how it has affected their relationships mental, physical, emotional and sexually your opinions guys would be nice

[Woodicould]

I think this suggestion has come up before and Paul suggested that there are other sites already where
partners of ED guys can share their concerns and get advice. Not sure what they are, but if you are interested
you can do a search.

[Andy88]

It would be a nice addition. PEGym has multiple forum topics for partners/women. Pretty active conversations there.

[flyingduck2019]

Adding a topic or section for "partners of men with ED" is a good idea, especially since it would all be in one forum and you would not have to bounce back and forth. All in one, one for all. I'm no sure how difficult it would be to add a topic or section for this purpose.

[Lost Sheep]

Adding a topic or section for "partners of men with ED" is a good idea, especially since it would all be in one forum and you would not have to bounce back and forth. All in one, one for all. I'm no sure how difficult it would be to add a topic or section for this purpose.

Adding a section is not difficult. Recently added is the "Delayed Ejaculation (Anorgasmia)" section (or sub-forum).

(edited to add: I made the assumption that "Partners of ED" would be women, but while they may predominate numerically, there would be men in that category, too. So I added a paragraph towards the end.).

Administering it is another matter altogether. There are valid arguments for keeping females from full participation. One telling argument is that men post more freely (and there is GREAT value in that) if they are not inhibited by the presence of women. (Please don't counter with the point that a man should not be inhibited in expressing freely. It is a fact. Right or not, it is nonetheless true and we recognize it as such.)

Letting women post in a mixed male/female section while concurrently restricting their ability to post in other (male only, but in which female members can still read) threads may prove problematic. The programming might be easy enough to do, though involved. But the policies might leave the Administrator (Paul) open to accusations of discrimination. I would not want to risk the status of the site as a dot-org or even its very existence for any advantage we might otherwise gain.

Of course, the title "Partners of men with E.D." is suggestive of women, but male partners of men with E.D. can still suffer the same relationship questions as women have. A gay or bisexual man suffering from E.D. may well have a male partner who does not have E.D. himself, but still suffers from his partner's E.D., vicariously.

My head is about to explode from the permutations.

p.s. see my thread
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9064&p=71497#p71497

[NeedleD]

"There are very few places where men can reliable help in a safe, private, setting. FrankTalk.org provides a safe, male-only space where men can speak openly with other men who are experiencing the same issues."

[Flavio]

Excellent idea! Women have no idea how to deal with ED.

[Stew52]

I'd have no problem with a sequestered area which makes the rest of the forums Not Accessible, and suggest it be separated by straight vs gay. There is another thread similar to this recently.