For many (ahem) women of a certain age, desire for the partners with whom we have carefully crafted a life can wane. Loss of sexual desire is a very real problem that can cause loved ones to feel personally rejected and sufferers to experience profound depression. Perhaps the drug could be seen as an extension of a phallocentric model of sexuality where the phallus's receptacle needs always be at the ready, regardless of external stimuli or lack thereof, but I as a feminist am glad of the opportunity to control my sexuality and experience the pleasure I'd like to experience again.

Although it's not a frequently encountered condition, female sexual disfunction and anorgasmia exist and deserve treatment.

My dad, a physician, mentioned this drug to me several months ago. He was terrified. He is all for having women that Want To Be Aroused But Can't be able to become aroused rather than frustrated [because there are many couples in which disproportionate sex drives become problematic, and not just in the misogynistic "come on baby, let's have sex some more" "no, I'm not in the mood" stupid sense, in the sense that I personally experienced several months ago when I was on a type of birth control that didn't work well with my libido. It fucks with the self esteem of all parties involved and if it can be helped at least a little, would kick ass]... but wait, I ramble. Coming back to my point.

So my dad mentioned this to me, and do you know what the primary medical concern is about this drug? Not any emotional side-effects, not any physical side-effects, not withdrawal or bad relationships or nausea or... anything. The major concern is that this will be the new Roofies, the new date rape drug. Now, women will not be able to say "I did not want it" because they will have wanted it, no matter how artificially they "wanted" it. This will be So. Problematic.

Laina - Isn't the simple solution to this problem to add a strong taste to the pill so that it can't be masked by a drink?

Noname, it is not a pill, it is, from what I've heard, a nasal spray, or an inhaler-like spray. I may be wrong, but the worry was centered around the fact that it could be sprayed into the air that a woman is breathing, she wouldn't even have to ingest a drink.

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Laina - You are absolutely right. Careless post on my part. Thanks for the correction.

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