Kathy Tauber is a local foodie, nutritionist and blogger who writes about the lighter side of life as a boomer.
A recent article in the New York Times magazine reported another clinical trial for a pill to enhance female lust. Scientists have tried this at least twice with little success. (They never identified it as the “little pink pill” which would keep it descriptively sexist.)
The article was written to inform us of the trials, so it never comes close to discussing the complexities of female sexuality. And we are complex. Whereas the “little blue pill” sent men into erection euphoria, the women said the pill was ineffective.
But it wasn’t the discussion of the trials that got me hot and bothered. Instead, it was the implication that the lust pills might turn women into nymphomaniacs.
I can hear the side effects disclaimer now: This lust pill may cause nympho-maniacal tendencies which may result in possible exhaustion or death for your partner. (And if you experience lust lasting longer than four hours, congratulate yourself.)
We know the blue pill creates visual improvement (and physiological, too) and if you believe the commercials, it makes men want to take baths in old-fashioned claw-footed bathtubs in the middle of nowhere. But I doubt the lust pill will have such power. Psychologists tell boomer women our sex lives and lust should be flourishing. Yes, we should be enjoying sex like never before — that is before hot flashes, night sweats, vagina monologues and alligator skin. I find a slight contradiction here. If our mojo is so enthusiastic, why do we even need a lust pill?
In developing this pill, do scientists think they know all about the intricacies of female need and sexuality?
Clearly they don’t.
Are researchers qualified to devise a chemical combo that creates nymphos?
Science is treading where men fear to go — understanding what women need and want.
So they think a lust/nympho pill will be too much for us?
I told you they don’t know what they’re talking about.
And be the bye, while you guys are hovering over the Petri dish, maybe find a cure for headaches.