I keep wondering this: If guys are complaining about their girlfriends' lack of libido by the age of 20, what's going to happen when we women reach the age of 45?
This has been on my mind for the past week after a discussion I had with a few of my aunts. One mentioned that the husband in a new marriage wanted sex from his wife each night. Since I am a 21-year-old woman who always ends up with boyfriends with a more than healthy libido, I asked innocently, "Is that not normal?"
My aunts laughed and one of them said, "Katie, my husband is lucky to get it once a month."
She went on to discuss that when they were first married, she wanted sex all the time. Now, he still wants sex on a regular basis, but she doesn't. Will this be me?
Why is it that men and women have different times for sexual peaks? Wouldn't it be nice if couples always wanted sex at the same time? How about all the time, within reason?
So, men got Viagra forever ago. Of course it had to take about a decade longer for something for women to be developed. After all, female desire makes society just a wee bit uncomfortable.
Sure, we have the lubes and oils, but I haven't heard anything good about the lubes that are supposed to increase excitement.
Testosterone is the answer. Testosterone gels and creams became available through prescription a few years ago, but Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceutical is working on obtaining approval for a testosterone patch. According to the data from its clinical trials, this patch, called Intrinsa, is a very effective solution. And it's about time.
According to the Jean Hailes Foundation, it was discovered 30 years ago that about half of all women suffer from female sexual dysfunction. Half! And you guys are complaining about our sagging libidos? We should've gotten our version of the Viagra pill long ago.
Alright, so ingesting extra testosterone sounds pretty scary. Consuming testosterone in a pill form could result in extra body hair in a manly way, like on your chest and face. And if that's what you're into, whatever, but it also causes liver problems. But the patch is supposed to work in a slow release method with less dramatic side effects.
According to the testing trials by P&G, most of the women ended up having sex four times more than usual in two months time, and this trial compared these results with women who were taking a placebo pill. And it wasn't just more sex, it was better sex. The women also reported more arousal, pleasure and orgasms.
Some marital and sex therapists are already skeptical about Intrinsa, though. After all, a lot of women don't want to have more sex; they want a better connection with their partner. There's still some truth to that old cliché about women wanting love and affection and men wanting pure hormonal sex.
That may be true. But couldn't an increased libido help women want the same things as men?
Plus, Intrinsa has an advantage over Viagra: instead of just increasing blood flow to the genitals, the testosterone patch actually works on the brain to help increase sexual desire.
Unfortunately, the tests have mainly been based on women who have gone through menopause, so there is little information currently on how younger women will react to the patch
Hopefully Intrinsa and Viagra will be the answer to the perfect sexual relationship. We'll have to wait and see that Instrinsa doesn't cause younger women to grow beards overnight, though. I have a feeling that a woman with a five o'clock shadow might dampen even the spirits of a man on Viagra.
E-mail me any thoughts atbaringitall4uc@hotmail.com.
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