It's a natural thing to be embarrassed talking about it, regardless of the sex of your therapist. I say "natural" but really we're socially conditioned to be embarrassed about it, to feel ashamed and uncomfortable.

Do not worry about making the therapist uncomfortable or embarrassing him. He can handle it. He can also handle your own discomfort at discussing the topic.

It sounds like you both agree that it's an important area to explore in therapy. It's difficult, but once you start to open up about it, it usually becomes a lot easier. I've never gotten to the point where it's actually easy to discuss such matters, myself; it's still a little embarrassing. But the benefits of discussing it far outweigh the cost of being uncomfortable for a while.

Therapy isn't meant to be comfortable all the time.

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