How a female sex pill could save marriage
New research shows that women who lose interest in sex after years in a relationship are, well, bored, says Lindy West at Jezebel. A "Female Viagra" could fix that
The real threat to heterosexual monogamy? Female boredom in the bedroom, says Lindy West at Jezebel. Well, "what if you could take a pill and fix your broken relationship?" Daniel Bergner's article in this week's New York Times Magazine about the ongoing search for a "female Viagra" — a pill to boost a woman's desire — has some fascinating new research suggesting that women's "libidos wane much more rapidly and drastically than men's." That's a problem for long-term relationships, and it's not a function of biology — "Bergner's reading of the body of research on women's libidos points to a much different conclusion: Boredom." That means we either open up marriage, live in sexless misery, or rev up the female eros. An excerpt:
Read the entire argument at Jezebel.
Read the full story at The New York Times.
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