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Pills and Power Tools by Susan Bordo speaks of “impotence”. She is referring to men whose penises do not function properly, which is known as erectile dysfunction. She speaks of Viagra as a helpful method so that men can perform exceptionally well in the bedroom. Have you ever wondered why only aged people perform in the male enhancement commercials? Or why you never hear of a twenty-year-old male talking about how he’s going to go home and pop back the little blue pill before he does the “unknown” with his girlfriend? The typical viagra commercial or any male enhancement videos are similar to the web address posted above, all middle aged or older men with little self conscious who are happy to have their manhood back.
Pills and Power Tools by Susan Bordo speaks of “impotence”. She is referring to men whose penises do not function properly, which is known as erectile dysfunction. She speaks of Viagra as a helpful method so that men can perform exceptionally well in the bedroom. Have you ever wondered why only aged people perform in the male enhancement commercials? Or why you never hear of a twenty-year-old male talking about how he’s going to go home and pop back the little blue pill before he does the “unknown” with his girlfriend? The typical viagra commercial or any male enhancement videos are similar to the web address posted above, all middle aged or older men with little self conscious who are happy to have their manhood back.
A
functioning penis is a mans pride and joy.
Its helps him with his lovers, it provides him offspring, and most
importantly it helps him keep his head held high. At a young age, a male
discovers that his “power tool” is his man hood, and if he was to discover that
his manhood was “dysfunctional” he would feel inferior to the other men around
him. This is why you do not see many young men advertising that they take
Viagra to be a “normal” man. We are not taught that erectile dysfunction is an
actual medical condition, so we just assume that something is wrong with the
mans manhood.
This issue
with men seeing others with erectile dysfunction as lesser men is not only
because of rumors we hear as younger boys, it also has to do with how females
speak of the medical issue. You hear women in society and the media speak about
how they want a “real man”. It is obvious that they are speaking of an
extremely exceptional “sized” man with a fast working “power tool”. This would
make most men whose penis does work feel inferior because movies make some
women expect a lot more than the average male can give them. Could you imagine
being a male with erectile dysfunction and hearing a woman speak with such high
hopes out of a man? You would feel very poorly about yourself.
Society
needs to start seeing erectile dysfunction as a medical issue and not something
that makes a man less of a man. The only way that it is possible to make this
happen is to teach our younger generation about it and not judge others who
have it. We need to stop laughing at the older people in the commercials who
have to take Viagra and maybe those commercials should start putting a younger
generation in them to help build confidence in individuals who do have erectile
dysfunction. The only way to fix
something stuck in societies minds is to work together to unstick the issue.
Seth,
ReplyDeleteI find it really interesting when you brought to light that only older men are pictured in Viagra commercials. I never seemed to notice this before and am actually displeased at the fact that I did not notice this because it means that I fell under society’s depiction that this only happens to older men. As a woman, I obviously cannot relate directly to this issue; however, that does not stop me from wanting to end this stereotype. Our biological functions are not anything we have personal control over, thus I think it is unfair to judge each other due to what uncontrollably happens during a given moment.
I do want to point out that when you spoke of a woman wanting a ‘real man’, thus meaning a large and efficient penis, I think you are misled. Whenever I have had a conversation with another women and the terms ‘real man’ were involved, it always revolved around the idea of a man who was not afraid of being true to his woman. In other words, a man not afraid to take initiative to show affection in public, talk about his emotions, be romantic and sweep a girl off her feet, and so on and so forth.
I hope men understand that women do realize that it is not a man’s own fault for having erectile dysfunction. In my opinion, it is similar to a wife not being able to have children due to personal biological reasons because in this situation, the husband is affected as well.