Counsel men with respect and sensitivity. Series J, Number 46 Lesson 8. Counsel men with respect and sensitivity. Service providers who understand and respect men's reproductive health needs are better able to help them. Good counseling can be key to serving men, as it can be to serving women.
Providers can counsel well by being aware of men's concerns.
Thus sensitive counselors lead the conversation to reproductive health topics and ask questions that draw out men's reproductive health questions and concerns. Men sometimes ask difficult questions about such issues as sexual pleasure, sex drive, and sexual anatomy. Such questions are best answered with accurate information offered in a relaxed, nonjudgmental, and helpful manner. Some men, especially young men, do not want to reveal their ignorance about sex and reproduction. Thus they may not ask questions, may be quiet in groups, and may act differently if their wife or girlfriend is present.