Premature ejaculation: defining sex in the absence of context

Whilst there is little sociological literature on the topic, premature ejaculation provides an example, par excellence, of an aspect of human experience that demonstrates the paradigmatic tensions between medical positivism and the cultural constructions of experience. This paper seeks to discuss premature ejaculation from another perspective, problematising the complexities of sometimes contradictory, social, sexual and gendered identities, and reflecting on a number of key areas that seem absent from the clinical literature on premature ejaculation.