拋棄消極的性態度
過去，女性的性功能障礙要麼被完全地忽視要麼被認為原本就如此，而男性的性無能(sexual inadequacy)常常被歸咎為魔法使然或報應的結果(如果他被認為無能的話)，或者被歸咎到“墮落”、“自瀆(self-abuse)”、“道德敗壞”和“縱欲過度”(如果他被認為為他的症狀需要負責的話)。現在，我們已經明白這兩種解釋都是錯誤的，也已經明白真正的病因皆非源於此。事實上，性治療師的治療實踐案例已經表明，人們在性功能方面出了毛病主要因為刻板的教養、性創傷經歷、性無知、狹隘的宗教信仰，以及從對性科學所知不多的神職人員、婚姻諮詢師、醫生、精神病治療師和其他專業人員那裏得到了錯誤的忠告。所有這些各式各樣的致病原因都可以追溯到我們社會中的性壓抑文化特徵。

Past Negative Attitudes
In the past, a woman's sexual dysfunctions were largely ignored or taken for granted, and a  man's sexual inadequacy was often ascribed to witchcraft or some evil curse (if he was believed to be innocent) or to "degeneracy," "self-abuse," "immorality," and "excess" (if he was held responsible for his condition). Today, we have learned, however, that both kinds of explanation are false, and that the real causes lie elsewhere. In fact, as sex therapists have shown, people become sexually dysfunctional mainly because of a rigid upbringing, traumatic sexual experiences, ignorance, narrow religious beliefs, and bad advice from ill-informed clergymen, marriage counselors, doctors, psychotherapists, and other professionals. All of these different causes can be traced to the sexually oppressive character of our civilization.