Discuss three criticisms of Masters and Johnson's EPOR model

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Masters and Johnson neglected the emotional and psychological components of sexuality, especially desire.
- Kaplan and others have posed the question, "Would a sexual response cycle occur at all if desire is missing from the theory?"
- One researcher, Roy Levin, proposed that two types of desire should be added: one type of desire that occurs spontaneously and then leads to sexual excitement, and another that stems from sexual stimulation, leading to sexual excitement.

A single, four-stage model cannot adequately describe the sexual responding of both men and women.
- These arguments have centered on the notion that the EPOR model is too linear, that it assumes that the stages predictably follow one another in a prescribed sequence.
- This progression might explain the male response cycle, but doesn't adequately explain the female response cycle, because the latter is significantly more complex.

Masters and Johnson's generalizations do not apply to all men and all women.
- They claimed that men ejaculate, but women do not.
- There is evidence that female ejaculation does exist.
- They claimed that men have a refractory period, but women do not.
- Research has suggested that some women may have a refractory period that is similar to a man's.
- They claimed that women can have multiple orgasms, but men cannot.
- More women than men report multiple orgasms, but some men appear to be capable of multiple orgasms, as well.