At least women have the advantage of another gender to point the finger at, while solidifying their own self-image. As men, we see horrific behavior by other males around us, and hear about it from women. It's been much easier to feel shame at being male than pride. Even our ability to co-create life is in danger. We're quickly becoming an impotent population, since, according to the latest medical facts, sperm count averages are way down.
Women are justifiably proud of their wombs.
If you are anything like me, you think of sex almost every waking hour. Instead, we quickly avert our eyes, lest we be caught with wolf's fangs drooling from behind our social sheepskins. When advertisements, media and fashion constantly titillate, it can feel like whacking your wanger with a hammer. The chain of feeling goes from visual attraction to arousal to guilt to shame and outrageous frustration within seconds, over and over again each day. The stamina of the Spirit is amazing in the face of all this.