As a male, and not having any reputable research credentials in the field, I will not presume to hypothesize on whether attempts to increase women’s libido should be focused on the brain or more general physiological approaches. That said, I would like to clear up a slight misnomer in the article that is patently clear to almost all men. Viagra, Cialis, et al do not improve men’s libido. Given its conventional definition as "sexual desire", men’s libido is almost always present. The inability to achieve erection might prevent them from engaging in sexual intercourse, but the desire remains there. ED treatments' functions are to enable the man to achieve an erection which is generally (though not always) necessary to ejaculate and achieve orgasm. Were the prevailing problem for men the lack of desire or “low libido”, I suspect an enhanced blood supply would do little to change that condition. Without the increased blood flow needed to achieve erection, the entire scenario of reward and satiation is physically unobtainable for most men.
Outside of their bodies' inability to produce lubricant, which can be somewhat ameliorated through synthetic substances, there is no similar physical impediment to a woman's engaging in sex. Her desire to do so, if absent, would seem to be a function of her thoughts and/or nervous system's stimulation, and attempts to heighten their libido would seem logically to be focused on one or both of those areas. Regardless, based upon the basic mechanics of human reproduction, this is a fundamental difference between men and women which has nothing at all to do with social factors.
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As a male, and not having any reputable research credentials in the field, I will not presume to hypothesize on whether attempts to increase women’s libido should be focused on the brain or more general physiological approaches. That said, I would like to clear up a slight misnomer in the article that is patently clear to almost all men. Viagra, Cialis, et al do not improve men’s libido. Given its conventional definition as "sexual desire", men’s libido is almost always present. The inability to achieve erection might prevent them from engaging in sexual intercourse, but the desire remains there. ED treatments' functions are to enable the man to achieve an erection which is generally (though not always) necessary to ejaculate and achieve orgasm. Were the prevailing problem for men the lack of desire or “low libido”, I suspect an enhanced blood supply would do little to change that condition. Without the increased blood flow needed to achieve erection, the entire scenario of reward and satiation is physically unobtainable for most men.
July 17, 2010 - 4:47pmOutside of their bodies' inability to produce lubricant, which can be somewhat ameliorated through synthetic substances, there is no similar physical impediment to a woman's engaging in sex. Her desire to do so, if absent, would seem to be a function of her thoughts and/or nervous system's stimulation, and attempts to heighten their libido would seem logically to be focused on one or both of those areas. Regardless, based upon the basic mechanics of human reproduction, this is a fundamental difference between men and women which has nothing at all to do with social factors.
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