The topic of this week's Wednesday Forum was "Male Sexuality: Myth and Fact." Led by Dr. Andy King, director of Career and Counseling Services, the forum gave information on positive male sexuality development.

The forum discussed topics ranging from why people should not use derogatory terms when having an open discussion about sexuality to how sexuality develops from birth all the way to post-pubescence. Dr. King said that our culture teaches us that the more we know about a subject, the better off we are with every topic except for sex. Sexuality, however, is normal, healthy and supposed to be there.

He gave tips on how men could improve their sexuality, saying that men need to be more emotionally expressive because verbal communication leads to more sexual satisfaction. He also said that the best male sexual satisfaction comes from the satisfaction of their partner. "I am never more sexually satisfied then when I see my wife on the brink of orgasm," stated King during the forum.

Dr. King also told listeners that masturbation and having sexual fantasies are healthy sexual practices for both men and women, although men's fantasies are usually more elaborate and graphic. Some problems men face with their sexuality, said King, are that men are in a "constant struggle with an evolutionary force to procreate the species," and that men have to "resist urges that they themselves can not explain." He also said that men have to know the context of their sexual interactions and that men have the tendency to departmentalize and separate their sexuality from their thoughts and feelings.

The next forum, titled, "Female Sexuality: What Women (and Men) Need to Know" will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 19 in UC 125.