tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post6440758148921505867..comments2023-10-07T11:03:10.202-05:00Comments on Autist's Corner: I Wanna Be SedatedLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-16179263369398120692009-12-15T20:09:53.167-06:002009-12-15T20:09:53.167-06:00Thanks for your comment, Flora --- I'll add yo...Thanks for your comment, Flora --- I'll add your link into the post, maybe in place of the other one.<br /><br />(I have also linked to that post, or at least to the comments thereon, elsewhere in my post. I'll keep the link to the comments section, because I think that thread does a good job of showing the diversity of opinion among feminist women with vaginismus/vulvar pain).<br /><br />I've also observed a lot more skeptical, outraged blog posts than any other kind, but I've chalked that up to my frequenting mostly feminist websites.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-12780265927820049832009-12-15T05:28:11.648-06:002009-12-15T05:28:11.648-06:00I've been highly doubtful that this drug is al...I've been highly doubtful that this drug is all it's cracked up to be, too, but I admit that I am wondering about the extent to which women are actually buying into the idea that lack of sexual desire means something is wrong with them. I have been seeing a lot of panic around the idea that Big Pharma is trying to sell women a fix for sexual issues that they don't perceive as problems, and apparent fear that an enormous number of women have already bought into or are on the verge of buying into the idea that something is wrong with them just on the basis of pharmaceutical propaganda. But while this may just be a function of the circles I tend to hang around in and read blogs in, I've seen far more women outraged at the idea that someone is trying to sell them a pill to boost their libido than women who are deciding this is what they've wanted all along and that they can't wait to try it.<br /><br />Incidentally, though, I do want to thank you for mentioning vaginismus as an example of a sexual problem with an actual physical cause and as being worthy of medical treatment-- it may seem like a small thing, but even in feminist circles, it can be incredibly frustrating to repeatedly run up against people who apparently don't believe that physical causes for sexual pain and discomfort exist, and derail all conversations about them in favor of complaints about Big Pharma and unrealistic media images of sex. The I Blame The Patriarchy post you linked to, though, really isn't the best treatment of the issue of vaginismus from a feminist standpoint-- there's a response and discussion to it <a href="http://feministswithfsd.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/vaginismus-a-response-to-open-sesame/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, from the perspective of someone who actually experiences vaginismus. (Disclosure of interests: I'm technically a guest blogger at Feminists With FSD-- am still working on my first article for it, and didn't write the one I linked-- but I felt I might as well disclose that. I definitely don't want to look as though I'm trying to spam a blog that I'm affiliated with; the IBTP post just appeared to me to be another case of a non-disabled person talking about a disability without knowing or talking to anyone who has the actual disability.)Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-47861633861541455882009-12-12T19:30:21.875-06:002009-12-12T19:30:21.875-06:00@Lydia,
You're welcome!
Yes, the press for t...@Lydia,<br /><br />You're welcome!<br /><br />Yes, the press for this drug is particularly misleading, since flibanserin is being billed as a "female Viagra" (oh crap, <i>that's</i> sure to bring in the spambots!), when it is actually designed to do something totally different. Viagra enhances blood flow to a, um, strategic area of male anatomy, thus ensuring that, when he *wants* to have sex, he is physically able to do so. The rationale behind flibanserin for low sexual desire seems to revolve around boosting desire itself, which is separate from, and a precursor to, sexual arousal.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-15541849396682103722009-12-12T19:25:45.284-06:002009-12-12T19:25:45.284-06:00Well, that's one spam comment deleted --- I wo...Well, that's one spam comment deleted --- I wonder how many more there'll be.<br /><br />(I've been getting a lot of spam comments lately, mostly on old posts, and I worry particularly about this one because its subject matter might be a magnet for keyword-targeted spambots...)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-67630719224519019572009-12-12T18:28:17.599-06:002009-12-12T18:28:17.599-06:00Thank you for breaking this down. I don't have...Thank you for breaking this down. I don't have any scientific background to speak of, but when I read about this, my brain's "baloney alarm" was going off like mad.Quixotic Autistichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989307054227176948noreply@blogger.com