Women's Viagra? You're joking, right?

First, let me say nobody loves sex more than me (well, maybe a few people out there love it more) and I would probably love it more if I were an active participant. But fate and circumstances have me in a temporary sexual timeout.

But even if I were an active participant, I would still have no use for what some are calling the “woman’s Viagra.” This little pink pill is supposed to do what the little blue pill does for men in the area of sexual arousal.

I’d like to tell the scientists they needn’t bother. Taking a pill to increase blood flow to a woman’s certain erogenous zone should be the last thing any woman would want. We’re already experienced in the increased “flo” of blood in that region and sex is the last thing most of us want at that time of the month.

Women, regardless of their lifestyle, have a need to feel desired which a little pill can not re-create. Most of our sexual energy comes from our second largest organ: our brains. If we ain’t feelin’ you, you ain’t likely to get felt.

Fortunately, the FDA panel who examined the pill before putting it to market agrees: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=117386

Now, I know there are women who want to feel more active in their sex lives but don’t have the time, energy or inclination to begin to start to commence to feel like they’re in touch with their inner sex kitten. I just don’t think taking a pill is going to do it.

Here’s the other thing, and it should frighten men enough to wave off the research and development on this little discovery. It’s a known fact that it takes women longer to orgasm than men. If this pill is truly an equivalent to Viagra, you’re gonna have women who didn’t feel sexual suddenly wanting it all the time. That dream can turn into a nightmare for men who aren’t skilled enough to help her truly get off. Do they really want that nouveau performance anxiety placed on their aging bones (no pun intended)?

My contention here is that the pill is a misguided shortcut for men who really need to learn how to care more about giving instead of getting and sometimes “not getting” in a new appreciation for the ebb and flow of their woman’s sexual desire longevity. The fore in foreplay is not at the front of the word because of syntax. It’s there because each partner has to concentrate on seducing their partner beFORE the sexual PLAY begins.

Men, if you love her, you have to love her without the goal of having sex. Women, if you want it but can’t get to the point where you want to have it, check with your doctor and make there’s nothing physical going on “down there.” But don’t take these two pills and call him in the morning….