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May. 8th, 2006 07:56 pmLet's play "blame the aggressive girl!" again!
A blog entry at Feministing reports that the Washington Post reports that women who pursue men and express an interest in sex are helping to cause erectile dysfunction. Quote from the article:
"One can argue that a young woman speaking her mind is a sign of equality. "That's a good thing," says Sawyer, father of four daughters. "But for some guys, it has come at a price. It's turned into ED in men you normally wouldn't think would have ED.""
Never mind that the article doesn't actually produce any concrete evidence for this. It does report guys claiming to have had ED problems...right after a woman expressed interest in them and they ended up in bed! That can't be coincidence! Never mind that if a woman expresses disinterest in you, you're less likely to end up in bed in the first place. The article does report many other possible causes, such as binge drinking (on campus? no!), drug abuse, an environment where everyone is probably just getting more in college than they did 50 years ago (increasing the sample size) and less stigma about reporting ED. But are those the main contributing factors? No, no - it must be the fault of those sex-positive women! All that pressure we create, you know.
*gag*
[EDIT: An article at Salon pans the illogical conclusions of the Washington Post article as well. Go, Salon!]
A blog entry at Feministing reports that the Washington Post reports that women who pursue men and express an interest in sex are helping to cause erectile dysfunction. Quote from the article:
"One can argue that a young woman speaking her mind is a sign of equality. "That's a good thing," says Sawyer, father of four daughters. "But for some guys, it has come at a price. It's turned into ED in men you normally wouldn't think would have ED.""
Never mind that the article doesn't actually produce any concrete evidence for this. It does report guys claiming to have had ED problems...right after a woman expressed interest in them and they ended up in bed! That can't be coincidence! Never mind that if a woman expresses disinterest in you, you're less likely to end up in bed in the first place. The article does report many other possible causes, such as binge drinking (on campus? no!), drug abuse, an environment where everyone is probably just getting more in college than they did 50 years ago (increasing the sample size) and less stigma about reporting ED. But are those the main contributing factors? No, no - it must be the fault of those sex-positive women! All that pressure we create, you know.
*gag*
[EDIT: An article at Salon pans the illogical conclusions of the Washington Post article as well. Go, Salon!]
