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[...] In 2013, researchers at Michigan State University carried out a thankless, if mildly creepy, study. They observed how more than 3,500 residents of their college town used the sink at various restrooms after they carried out their business.
Some 10 percent of people observed chose not to wash their hands at all, which is simply not an acceptable way to end a trip to the bathroom. But even the vast majority of people who tried to wash their hands managed to totally flub the proper routine. Almost a quarter of people washed their hands without soap, for instance. And only 5 percent washed their hands for at least 15 seconds or longer, which is actually lower than the 20-second minimum of handwashing recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://gizmodo.com/in-a-world-of-mrsa-and-superfungi-you-need-to-start-wa-1833889953
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:36PM (6 children)
Pretty sure a boner pill would do me no good at all due to anatomical concerns...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Snow on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:40PM
I don't have a vagina, but benefit from birth control...
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:43PM (4 children)
I had considered that even as I wrote it. Your sig gives it away.
Years ago, I heard that if a female takes them it similarly affects the structure (clitoris) which would develop into a penis during gestation. Whether or not that effect would be desirable I cannot know. But asking your doctor probably wouldn't work.
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:09PM (3 children)
My understanding is that it's not at all helpful for women. Even for men, having an erection doesn't significantly impact either pleasure or psychological arousal, it just increases the range of activities that can be engaged in (which can admittedly have an indirect effect). Take one before watching a ball game or taking a math test, and you're just more prone to discomfort.
For men though that's typically enough - we rarely have trouble getting in the mood, it's just the physical response that some men have trouble with. (and of course the drugs can also be used to achieve superhuman stamina)
For women, the physical response is far more complicated, and while there have been some drugs developed that help with that aspect, for most women having difficulties the real problem is in not being able to get in the mood in the first place. Which sadly has thus far been far more resistant to pharmaceutical manipulation.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday April 11 2019, @05:43PM (2 children)
I can only speak about Cialis (generic: tadalafil). The physical response must already be working. It can only improve things. From what I am told (but do not have first hand knowledge) viagra kind of forces the issue, and only for four hours. Cialis works for almost 36 hours. So you can take it Friday evening and it's still good Sunday morning. It does not force the physical response to happen. Stimulation is still necessary. And the physical response must already be working for the drug to help. But help it does. Both in frequency and um ... responsiveness.
So if I were to ever develop an interest in watching organized sports events, I would not have any uncomfortable distractions. I am unlikely to ever take any more math tests -- but it would be kind of fun now compared to four decades ago taking a math test. But I wouldn't be hindered by any uncomfortable distractions simply due to the drug. It would require some physical or psychological stimulus.
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday April 11 2019, @06:32PM (1 child)
Indeed, I've heard good things about "weekenders". But throw in some attractive students or cheerleaders putting themselves on display, and you have to admit the potential for discomfort is at least enhanced.
My main point though is that sexual disfunction in women is sadly a far less easily tractable problem than for most men.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday April 11 2019, @06:42PM
Yes. And sadly it is not the only thing where women are at an unfortunate and unfair disadvantage. There are maybe some advantages, like not having a biological urge that powerfully invades your conscious thoughts in a driving way.
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