Viagra- not always the solution

[GenuineRisk]

This is from Andrew Sullivan's website, from a NYTimes article on Spain. It made me laugh, so I wanted to share it:

<<In Spain, the explosion of sexuality and pleasure after decades of Francoite repression has its triumphs, excesses as well as its funny side. This report in the NYT today has this pricelessly Catholic quote:

Dr. Fernández recalled that a woman recently urged her husband to seek Viagra but that the husband later begged him to stop writing prescriptions. "My equipment works fine with my mistress," the man said. "It's my wife that's the problem."

Then there's this from the other side of the gender war:

One such woman is Carmen, a chic, twice-divorced 45-year-old information technology executive and Sophia Loren look-alike, who complains that her sexual ardor intimidates most Spanish men. Frustrated by her boyfriend’s sexual performance, Carmen insisted that he take Viagra, which he obtained by making a fake prescription on his home computer.

The Viagra worked, she says, but she decided anyway to leave her boyfriend, an urbane 55-year-old psychologist, for a 32-year-old unemployed student athlete.

"Viagra is not the solution many Spaniards think it is," said Carmen, who declined to use her last name. "I came to realize that the problem wasn't my boyfriend's sexual prowess. The problem was him." Now, she added, "I have sex six times a day, but I do miss going to the opera."

There's always a catch, isn't there? >>