I've been aware of having Erectile Dysfunction since 1998. I wrote about it - see: https://www.georgemarx.org/2019/01/erectile-dysfunction-is-highly.html - for my most recent writing and a link to a much older writing. I was one of three people interviewed - for WUNC's program Embodied for a show almost a year ago - see: https://www.wunc.org/podcast/embodied-podcast/2024-01-12/erectile-dysfunction-mens-health-viagra-intimacy-embodied-podcast . I wish that more men - would join me - you can email me through (my last name + the first three letters of my first name at gmale dot com ) (spelled correctly). I would like - to listen to other men's stories and share my own. This writing seems more Provocative, rather than one to open us up to connecting with each other. In my experience - other women have often felt their own isolation - tied with guilt - feeling like they Caused - the E/D in their partnrs - who no longer kiss and hug them - pulling away from each other. For me - Sex - was and is Not - my penis - and the "loss" of full erections. It is nice -that If "turned on" seeing a woman - I Don't - fear shame - as the front of my pants - won't show - a "boner". Why are our penises - "Weapons" - why isn't Sex - Sharing and Part of our Caring for others - and for ourselves? I'm going to use this - as an opening - a beginning at my personal blog: (firstname+lastnameDotOrg) - (as an addendum to my latest writing: "Feeling Heard..." - as well as here on Medium - avoiding - mention in it - of the author of this block - who is welcome (also) to dialogue with me - I listen - try to hear my heart and my body - my spirit - learning more of who I am and want to be. Thanks!