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Bonobo porn, MRI sex, female Viagra. "Bonk" author Mary Roach on the scientific quest to understand arousal -- and how little we still know.
  • Female Viagra

    "Obviously, you can't just use Viagra. They tried. Believe me, they tried."

    What? That makes no scientific sense at all. Catagorically it is wrong. Viagra, and I know this from personal experience works just as well, for its intended purpose, on women as well as it does for me. That is, Viagra is a vasodilator. A woman who takes it should well find that her labia nad surrounding tissue is engorged and some pleasurable benefits can result as well.

    To make the obvious clear, viagra was never intended to increase sexual desire, but act as a vasodilator to aid in erections. Why people say 'female viagra' when what they mean is a sexual stimulant is beyond me. But, trust me, Viagra can work for it's intended purpose for women as well as men.