Writing in The Guardian after the FDA vote to approve Flibanserin, Leonore Tiefer asked, "Is it really sexist to want to protect women from harm? Where is the fault in wanting to protect women from potential side effects from an at-best marginally effective drug treatment?"
My own question is this: Why is Puritanical America so fixated on sex, sexual desire and sexual performance? Are we really supposed to celebrate Viagra for women? Or men for that matter? Maybe it would be better to just let both (all) genders age gracefully within the rhythms of biology and drop the pressure to perform. Sounds like a plan to me. But of course, it's a plan without profit, so what chance does it have, especially if women who should know better continue to argue for a risky little pink pleasure pill?
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