I got ED about 10 - 12 years ago and didn't get the blue pill till about 8 - 9 years ago. I'm a long-term hobbyist and in the 2 or 3 years that I had the ED problem with no solution, I tried to use the hobby to cure the problem - e.g., doubles with young, hot chicks, etc., all to no avail, so I basically stopped. (Also - this was largely pre-Internet). Once I got the solution, my hobbying took off.
LG,
Just a matter of curiousity, but do you know if there have been any studies of the impact of Viagra and other E.D. drugs on our wonderful hobby?
I know that I didn't start hobbying until after they were developed, partially because I couldn't see spending the money for little or no satisfaction or the fear of ridicule for poor performance (I know now that fear of ridicule was baseless - all the providers I have seen have been very empathetic individuals).
Anyway, it's been about10 years since these drugs first appeared. What have you heard?
Thanks, Rockmeat
Dear rockmeat,
Would that the sexual climate in this country be inclined to fund such studies! There are barely any studies on the impact of the Internet on prostitution, much less on how ED drugs have influenced the hobby at all.
For such research to take place, we would need to live in an entirely different sexual climate with respect to federal funding or institutional grants. Since hobbying is still an illegal venture, not many want to support its research. However:
In 2009, I will undertake a massive study of TER with my own funding. There will be opportunity for all TER members to participate anonymously. A call on the various boards will go out, with a link to a survey instrument. If your hobbyist brethren are so inclined, they will provide the requisite data, which then will be crunched into a dissertation and hopefully publication. Once again, for those not familiar with sexological research, one never provides the real name of the subject, nor does one give out any identifying details. But yes, there will be a section on ED drugs. And hopefully, a respected psychological journal such as The Archives of Sexual Behavior, or Journal of Sex Research will publish it, with the result that perhaps someone will take the results seriously.
As to anecdotally - well, I think we've all heard similar things. Hobbyists are elated, providers sometimes less so. The providers that come to me for therapy rarely discuss this issue, and the hobbyists, if anything, are sad when the doc tells them that ED drugs are not an option.
I'll get back to you all in 2009 on it,
the Love Goddess
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any field research that the study might entail!
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totally unqualifed and equally inept in anything sexual...IF..I have to prove it.
Now, if it's just bullshitting about it and bragging? Then I'm the zenmaster sex god of all time.
I got ED about 10 - 12 years ago and didn't get the blue pill till about 8 - 9 years ago. I'm a long-term hobbyist and in the 2 or 3 years that I had the ED problem with no solution, I tried to use the hobby to cure the problem - e.g., doubles with young, hot chicks, etc., all to no avail, so I basically stopped. (Also - this was largely pre-Internet). Once I got the solution, my hobbying took off.
. . . and your anecdotal comments seem to follow my experiences and conversations. My guess is that the hobby has increased, either in the number of hobbyists or the number of hobbyists' contacts with providers or both. My guess is that business is good but exhausting for providers.
Hopefully, your study will shine some light on this question!