Sexual dysfunction and the unemployed male professional

Abstract

The loss of a job by the professional male is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in modern America. A number of researchers have found that unemployment has a detrimental effect on the unemployed male professional's sex life. However, there are no specific references to this phenomena in the sex therapy research. This paper formulates an interactional conceptualization of the problem. An interactional treatment model is then proposed for helping the unemployed male professional and his wife in addressing sexual dysfunction, specifically erectile failure, associated with job loss.