忽視僵化的性角色
例如，性活動中男主動和女被動的僵化性角色，如果遵從這種性角色，那麼男女都會模式化自己的行為，在性活動中常常過於拘謹。一個始終被指望發起性交活動的男子，一個絕不被允許“取下臥位”的男子，他可能會開始擔心履行後續職責的能力。事實上，這種擔憂最終可能演變為對失敗的明顯恐懼。繼而，這種恐懼阻斷了他的正常性反應，並由此而不能滿足他的性伴。另一方面，一個被告知採取主動即非淑女的女子，可能竭力克制住自己，並且在其不自然的被動性面前變得如此有挫敗感，以致于性行為成了一種不愉快的和得不償失的體驗。毫不奇怪，她隨後也會有性功能障礙出現。對這兩種病例的治療之道則顯而易見：有意識地暫時調轉男女的性角色以緩解性焦慮和性挫敗感，那麼被抑制的性反應就會再度被激發。

Ignore Female/Male Stereotypes
For example, the stereotypes of the sexually active male and the passive female, after which men and women try to model themselves, are often too confining. A man who is always expected to initiate coitus, and who is never allowed to "take it lying down," may begin to worry about his continued ability to perform. In fact, eventually this worry is likely to grow into an outright fear of failure. This fear, in turn, then blocks his natural sexual responses, and thus he becomes unable to satisfy his partner. A woman, on the other hand, who is told that taking the initiative is unfeminine may try very hard to restrain herself and become so frustrated in her artificial passivity that sexual intercourse becomes unpleasant and unrewarding. Not surprisingly, she then also becomes dysfunctional. The solution in both of these cases is obvious: A conscious temporary reversal of attitudes relieves anxiety and frustration, and the inhibited sexual responses are set free again.