May 2, 2007

Hope for sex-boost slimming pill

Scientists are developing a pill which could boost women's libido and reduce their appetite.

I'm thinking this would be a success for the company that markets it.

Read about this development here.
Posted by at
Labels: ,

4 comments:

Unknown said...

This kind of thing really pisses me off.

First, rather than promote diet and exercise for weight loss, this only adds support to those who have the "let's fix it with a pill" mentality. It frustrates me that it's a reflection of our culture: why work at something and do it properly when you can find a work around?

Second, I'm always distress when I hear about pills meant to "fix" the way women work. Don't like that women bleed? Let's fix it. Don't think women want sex enough? Let's fix it. At what point do we look at something and realize that nature's done a pretty good job at things so far and maybe we shouldn't be screwing around with it?

9:04 AM
Randy Anderson said...

It pisses me off, too. However, have no doubt that if this gets marketed, it will be a success, all because of the reasons you mentioned.

We are a "let's fix it with a pill" society and unfortunately, I don't see that ever changing.

I'm not sure of what to make of your comment: "At what point do we look at something and realize that nature's done a pretty good job at things so far and maybe we shouldn't be screwing around with it?".

What about modern medicine allowing us to live longer/healthier lives than previous generations? Isn't that "screwing around with it"?

I don't know where to draw the line (or even if a line should be drawn) on these issues, even though I struggle with some of them.

10:25 AM
Unknown said...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not entirely agaist better living through chemistry. My fear rises when I see the pending doom of science applied to modify natural behavior to comply with popular opinion. I have really no problem with the making of the pill, because I think that some people may have an actually need for it, but I do greatly fear how it will marketed and potentially abused.

For instance, I fully acknowledge that some people have a chemical imbalance and I applaud the progress we've made in producing drugs to help out. At the same time, there are some children that have nothing wrong with them (aside from being energetic kids) that are put on medication to make them more manageable. Their basic and natural behavior is modified in order to provide a convenience to someone else.

We now live in an age when the notion of "equality" has gone crazy and there are people who are trying to sell the idea that men and women should be equivalent. This pill represents the "men want sex all the time so women should want it too" mentality. Again, modifying the natural behavior of one person to provide a convenience for another. But men and women are different, and not only would I argue that there's nothing wrong with that, I would support the idea that the current system works pretty damn well. The fact women have different sexual needs has a biological basis and has a great influence over how our society functions. I see this pill as an arrogant move specifically aimed at satisfying male greed; what would be the reaction if there was a pill that helped men lose weight and advertised that it would lower his libido? "Keep up with your women, because now you won't want to have sex as often." I don't have a problem with helping women who believe they have an actual problem with their libidos, but I have a big problem with modifications to behavior to satisfy a shortsighted male-centric desire, especially when it'll be men convincing women that they need it.

I absolutely agree that this will be a huge moneymaker. Guys will go crazy for it because we've got sex on the brain, and we'll want our women on it. A lot of Women will want it because they've been convinced that their sexuality is deficient because it's not the same as men's. It'll be a hit, and I think that's really sad.

8:54 AM
Randy Anderson said...

I completely agree with your "modifying natural behavior to comply with popular opinion" argument.

Yes, it disgusts me that some children are put on medication to make them more manageable. I am glad to see I am not alone in that thought.

Yes, men and women are different (we're pretty observant fellows, eh?) but I think you're stereotyping the male and female sex drives.

While society makes it out that all men are sex-hungry-for-it-all-the-time-maniacs and women are can-we-hurry-up-and-get-this-over-with perpetually used sex dolls I don't think that is completely true.

I suspect women want to have sex as much (if not more) than men. Of course, most women don't figure this out until they have become comfortable with their own bodies and/or actually had a good sexual relationship. Unfortunately, there are many women who never have this type of a relationship or they were brought up with the belief that "sex is for the man and you have to put up with it" crap.

Yes, society is inundated with images of what constitutes sexuality and beauty. Of course, the reality is that we humans do find these images sexually stimulating and beautiful, but they are not a reflection of reality. They are designed to invoke the aforementioned reactions usually in order to get us to buy some unnecessary product.

So, this pill makes one skinnier and hornier. Yes, some men will push it on women. But, some women will simply choose it because 1) they want to be skinnier and 2) they want to have a higher libido (hopefully for themselves and not for the sole purpose of pleasing a man).

9:59 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)