Having a little girl talk with some friends from work last night; we were discussing world peace, the affects of pollution on global warming and when the US might actually pull out of Iraq, and then the subject of sex came up, quite figuratively. The debate in a nutshell (no pun intended), was if Viagra, which is medicine, is a false display of affection and, in theory, a lie. “He is not showing me he loves or cares about me,” Diane argues. “If he can’t get it up by looking at or thinking about me, I don’t want it (an erection, and ultimately, intercourse) to happen because he takes some drug. That is not natural.”
I had never thought of taking medicine as “unnatural.” So, does the same rule apply to cough syrup? Vitamins? Herbs?
Admittedly, I am not the type of person who goes to the doctor like she should. I find seeking medical attention, even routine visits, to be a sign of weakness. Hence, when I am really sick and must take a prescribed remedy, I somehow feel less outstanding and more handicapped. But that is just me…
For a few minutes, the Viagra conversation drifts into the “playing God” zone, but eventually winds up back to the original topic. Are the affections of a man tainted when he makes love to a woman, but he needs help in order to do so? Is it the same as getting the promotion even if someone else did all the work? Or do the ends justify the means—“sexual satisfaction, ‘by any means necessary?’”
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