Why I am pissed about the flibanserin approval
Because in addition to being ace spectrum, Iāve been alive long enough to remember what it was like when Viagra first came out, and long enough to know how this culture treats women who (for whatever reason) donāt want to have sex.
Because thereās no way a drug company that spent this much money to acquire this drug and get it approved will limit its marketing to the small population that actually needs it.
Because the next logical market segment is women who donāt necessarily want to have more sex, but who are EXPECTED to have more sex. Which is to say, women with whom men want to have sex. Do I need to explain how that can and will go horribly wrong?
Because this is already being pitched as a great thing for MEN because hey, suddenly itās medically legit to pressure your(!) woman into taking a daily sedative so sheāll put out more. Less backtalk AND more fucking! Do we really think this isnāt going to be abused .2 seconds after itās released?
Because this culture in general and medicine in particular values menās desires and menās voices over womenās, and if she says āNoā and he says āYesā, we know what usually happens next.
Because the more this drug is prescribed, the more money all parties make, and we all know what that means.
Because it makes my sexual orientation out to be a disease.
Because I will spend the rest of my life explaining, over and over, that no, Iām not like this because Iām āoff my little pink pillsā.
Because I will have to have The Conversation every time I switch doctors about how no, Iām not taking that fucking pill because Iām not fucking sick.
Because if I ever come out to my family as demi, the next thing out of their mouths will be about this fucking pill.
Because I am one person on a tiny budget and I canāt fight a pharm company spending millions of dollars to convince people I need to be drugged into sexual submission.
Because this drug, and the tsunami of bullshit marketing that will accompany it, will follow me around for the rest of my life (or until it turns out to have killed a large number of people, which is about the only way itāll get withdrawn).
Because Iām a human being, with a complex biology and history and the inalienable right to choose what I do with my own body, and the people marketing this drug are now going to try very hard to make everyone in my life forget that.
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