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(18) The book written by Dr. James Leslie McCary is also mentioned in the Bibliography of Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol 16, Macropaedia, as providing "general information" "a book that also serves as an excellent sex manual" (p. 601).

(19) The court below has failed to appreciate the deposition of the husband in the light of physiological aspects of the human sexual response. The physiological aspect has been tersely and shortly stated in the Encyclopedia Britannica, Macropaedia Vol. 16, at page 594, which reads as under:- "PHYSIOLOGICAL Aspects Sexual response-Sexual response follows a pattern of sequential stages or phases when sexual activity is continued. First, there is the excitement phase marked by increase in pulse and blood pressure, an increase in blood supply to the surface of the body resulting in increased skin temperature, flushing, and swelling of all distensible body part (particularly noticeable in the penis and female breasts), more rapid breathing, the secretion of genital; fluids, vaginal expansion, and a general increase in muscle tension. These symptoms of arousal eventually increase to a near maximal physiological level, the plateau phase, which is generally of brief duration. If stimulation is continued, orgasm usually occurs. Orgasm is marked by a feeling of sudden intense pleasure, an abrupt increase in pulse rate and blood pressure, and spasms of the pelvic muscles causing venial contractions in the female and ejaculation by the male. Involuntary vocalization may also occur. Orgasm lasts for a few seconds (normally not over ten), after which the individual enters the resolution phase, the return to a normal or sub-normal physiological state. Up to the resolution phase. males and the females are the same in their response sequence, but, whereas males return to normal even if stimulation continues, continued stimulation can produce additional orgasms in females. In brief, after one orgasm a male becomes unresponsive to sexual stimulation and cannot begin to build up another excitement phase untill some period of time has elapsed, but females are physically capable of repeated orgasms without the intervening "rest period" required by males."

(22) Thus, in a normal healthy male. stimulus by physical contact would bring about an erection, which, as stated tersely in Encyclopedia Britanica, lasts till orgasm of the male takes place, which is followed by the ''resolution phase". Tbs isolation phase has been found to be of shorter duration in young males than in older males (See : Masters & Johnson - The Human Sexual Response (1866) This book is also mentioned in the Bibliography of Encyclopedia Briranica at p. 601, of the aforesaid volume).

(23) The husband has deposed that the wife pulled his penis. This was possible only if there was absence of erection This absence of erection could be in a case of 'primary impotence", where erections cannot take place for some psychological reason or some anatomical reason/physical injury ; or there may be "secondary impotence" - rapid uncontrollable ejaculation, a very short "Plateau Phase" bringing the petitioner quickly to orgasm, then into the resolution phase. During the resolution phase, penis will not get engorged with blood, not get firm enough to enable penetration. During this phase the penis, because it is limp, "flaccid", as medical men say, can be pulled; can be hurt; or damaged. Pulling can cause extreme pain, if carelessly or contemptuously done. Such pulling of a flaccid penis, as stated by Dr. James McCarry, above, is a species "inappropriate impulse", which, according to him, as stated above, "result in excessive pain". In my view, causing this excessive pain is cruelty, just as causing physical pain by physical beating, is cruelty.

(29) Whose testimony should be accepted ? The husband's ? Who says that the wife used to pull his penis, call it short and petitioner impotent ? Or the wife's ? Who lays that she never pulled the penis of her husband. Read as * whole the statement of the wife appears to be tutored one, step by step denying the averment of the husband in the petition, and I prefer to accept the deposition of the husband (30) In my view in the case of young, newly married couple, who are anxious and willing to explore each other bodies, it is more likely that. there is an attempt at gentle/erotic touching, of each others genitalia. The husband' version appears to be more natural than that of the wife. It appears that as a result of rapid orgasms of the husband, the wife may have on occasions, in frustration, pulled at the genitalia of the husband, and thereby caused him pain and hurt; by none too gentle tugs. When the wife failed to get the needed responses, she discarded him and went to her parents house.