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Classification of psychological types of sexual partners
Last reviewed: 08.07.2025

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A man-father. An elderly man, psychologically having a need for a woman to bow down to him, would be much younger, physically weaker, inexperienced. His sexual desire may be low (or reduced), but the art of courting a woman allows him to charm some women, and in sexual intercourse - to satisfy them due to good preparation, the use of varied and precisely chosen caresses, despite his low potency.
Man-man. Here we can distinguish two types:
- active (aggressive) type,
- passive (needing a woman's aggressiveness).
Active. A young or middle-aged man with good physical development, assertive, somewhat rude, little differentiated caresses, but conducting them intensively. In sexual intercourse - a supporter of a long period of friction, sometimes inclined to causing pain and moral suffering to a woman.
Passive. A young or middle-aged man who worships a woman, considers himself unworthy of her, guilty, thirsts for her punishment and even contempt. Prefers women with aggressive tendencies in sexual life.
A man-son. Always young, infantile, physically weak, often a loser, not afraid to tell a woman about it, wants her to pity him. In affection he is somewhat affected, capricious, passive, expects care from a woman, activity in sexual life.
A woman-mother. Most often middle-aged (at a younger age she has undifferentiated sexuality), but she can also be young. In the system of caresses, the motive to save, support, and educate prevails. Sometimes she gets closer to alcoholics, psychopaths, chronic losers in order to save them, to make them human. The lack of beauty, physical weakness, impracticality, failure, and illness of a man not only do not repel them, but on the contrary, can be attractive, exciting factors.
Woman-woman:
- passive (feminine, suffering) type,
- active (aggressive, female ruler).
Passive. Often younger than a man, inclined to submission, self-sacrifice, soft, compliant, in sexual life accepts the pattern of behavior and tactics of a man, but reacts negatively to his passivity, weakness and failures. Her ideal man includes physical strength, somewhat standard, but beautiful appearance. In the old days, she liked to marry by abduction.
Active. Strives for an active choice of a partner, dominance over him. Expresses love with irony, criticism, ridicule. Active in caresses; emphasizing the man's inability, she can scold and caress at the same time, and also cause him pain.
A woman-daughter. Usually much younger than a man, notes that since youth she liked those of them who were much older. It was boring with peers. Has a greater need for sexual foreplay than for the intensity of the sexual act itself. Even physical signs of old age, such as wrinkles, are liked by such a woman.
Comparing the socio-psychological characteristics of the above types of men and women, we can see that, for example, a man-son and a woman-mother represent psychological and sexual harmony. The same can be said about a man-man and a woman-woman. At the same time, the relationships man-father and woman-mother, man-son and woman-woman indicate a certain disharmony in sexual needs and expectations.
Thus, all stages and variants of the so-called sexual technique should be considered not only from the point of view of the mechanical impact of certain stimuli, but also from the point of view of their psychological content, compliance or non-compliance with the personal needs, values, views and positions of a person.