Erectile dysfunction: how you can still have a happy sex life and why men shouldn’t be embarrassed. When a man suffers erectile dysfunction (ED):relieved:, it is easy to take to judgments and focus on his insufficiencies, rather than recognize the pain his partner can feel. When a man suffers erectile dysfunction (ED), it is easy to jump to conclusions and focus on his insufficiencies, rather than consider the suffering his partner can experience. Partners of ED sufferers tend to internalize...