ok seriously now: it's not a mind control patch. at regular intervals each day guys get a spike of testosterone... it doesn't make you insane. at least not unmanageably so. i sincerely doubt that a hormone patch could be used to make someone act against their will.

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

MAR 27, 2007 05:17 PM

d20 said:
ok seriously now: it's not a mind control patch. at regular intervals each day guys get a spike of testosterone... it doesn't make you insane. at least not unmanageably so. i sincerely doubt that a hormone patch could be used to make someone act against their will.

Honestly, I see either side here. It could be a great thing, and it could also be used by people who are friggin' creepy.

But I'm willing to be that the benefits would probably outweigh the negative effects, after thinking about it.

d20

San Francisco, CA

September 2003

MAR 27, 2007 05:21 PM

true, anything even remotely related to sex (or cleaning your garage) is going to be used by creeps towards their nefarious ends.

i just don't think a testosterone patch has the capability to achieve those ends. there's no incapacitation involved in a testosterone boost -- no dimming of one's faculties.

Pumpkin

SUICIDEGIRL

Canada

MAR 27, 2007 07:21 PM

d20 said:
true, anything even remotely related to sex (or cleaning your garage) is going to be used by creeps towards their nefarious ends.

i just don't think a testosterone patch has the capability to achieve those ends. there's no incapacitation involved in a testosterone boost -- no dimming of one's faculties.

yes, cause if we go that way, than we should definitely wonder why alcohol is still on the market, and uncontrolled. I mean, you can manipulate someone far more easily if that person's drunk, or took some ecstasy, speed, even pot, while we're at it. Anything can be used for the wrong reason.

As for the regulations, if the FDA is frightened by the increased possibility of heart attacks, than why didn't they decline Viagra? I mean, don't tell me men don't have some risks of high-pressure if they take it. Cause honestly, this could be a really great thing for women, I'm just thinking of relationship problems that could be so easily solved...

Satsu

Olds, AB

December 2006

MAR 27, 2007 07:42 PM

Well if the girls already have a strong libido and you get a shot of testosterone in the right setting...

I can bear witness to the fact that bodily needs can cause very irrational decisions.

Marlowe

SUICIDEGIRL

USA

MAR 27, 2007 07:47 PM

Is this going to be like when they came up with synthetic estrogen and thought it would be a good idea to use it for everything. (giving it to women to create "stronger babies" when in fact it just led to higher instances of cancer in the child assuming that the woman didn't miscarry).

Putting hormones into your body when they aren't meant to be there usually isn't a good idea. (just my opinion)

Would I try it, maybe.
Would I want them to do more long term studies as well as studies relating to offspring, yes.

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA

July 2002

MAR 27, 2007 08:46 PM

Morgan said:

Honestly, I see either side here. It could be a great thing, and it could also be used by people who are friggin' creepy.

I'm still having trouble seeing how that is. I mean, if you're horny, you just don't hump random people on the street. I can see it making someone more likely to sleep with someone they were already considering, but this hypothetical creepy guy probably isn't in that group to begin with.

Lemonkid

Canada

May 2003

MAR 27, 2007 09:11 PM

Testosterone?

Horny women with moustaches on the prowl.

adjunct

Philadelphia, PA

July 2002

MAR 27, 2007 09:14 PM

Lemonkid said:
Testosterone?

Horny women with moustaches on the prowl.

Testosterone stimulates the libido in both sexes. It is the universal doin' it hormone.

Shit, you just need to come up with bottled Lemonkid and corner the market on aphrodisiac snake oil.

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL

January 2005

MAR 27, 2007 09:19 PM

So that's what the woman in the frat house was on.

PRockGirlScout

Portland, OR

October 2005

MAR 27, 2007 09:27 PM

MessyJessy said:
I wonder how many dates will now start with a pat on the back...

Haha. Excellent.

Hafu

Charlottesville, VA

February 2005

MAR 27, 2007 10:08 PM

the pill decreases sexual urges and this patch increases them. i wonder if it will be prescribed to those women who tell their doctors about their lack of sex drive after taking the pill

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.

June 2004

MAR 27, 2007 10:10 PM

Marlowe said:
Is this going to be like when they came up with synthetic estrogen and thought it would be a good idea to use it for everything. (giving it to women to create "stronger babies" when in fact it just led to higher instances of cancer in the child assuming that the woman didn't miscarry).

Putting hormones into your body when they aren't meant to be there usually isn't a good idea. (just my opinion)

Would I try it, maybe.
Would I want them to do more long term studies as well as studies relating to offspring, yes.

This argument is fine, but there are several case studies that go against it. Birth control pills use hormones to make your body think you're pregnant. Not normal, but perfectly within range of normal hormone levels. Used by millions. If this patch only raises your T level to something well within normal, it's probably not hurting much. I wouldn't overdo it, but it wouldn't surprise me if a woman's T level cycled monthly and changed slowly over her life. As long as this patch isn't changing things markedly I can't see how it's much different than the pill in concept.

Gringo

Spokane, WA

May 2006

MAR 27, 2007 10:14 PM

Hafu said:
the pill decreases sexual urges and this patch increases them. i wonder if it will be prescribed to those women who tell their doctors about their lack of sex drive after taking the pill

Or for women on certain anti-depressants. I dated a girl who was on Celexa and Lexapro (not at the same time) and both of those seemed to kill her sex drive. Once she got off the Lexapro it was like....."Hey, if you stay in the shower with that massager much longer, we'll be out of hot water..." (kidding)

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL

January 2005

MAR 27, 2007 10:34 PM

Hafu said:
the pill decreases sexual urges and this patch increases them. i wonder if it will be prescribed to those women who tell their doctors about their lack of sex drive after taking the pill

So then she'll feel better but still not want to have sex with me.

d20

San Francisco, CA

September 2003

MAR 27, 2007 10:53 PM

Lemonkid said:
Testosterone?

Horny women with moustaches on the prowl.

ah, Quebec.

Lemonkid

Canada

May 2003

MAR 31, 2007 05:42 AM

adjunct said:

Lemonkid said:
Testosterone?

Horny women with moustaches on the prowl.

Testosterone stimulates the libido in both sexes. It is the universal doin' it hormone.

Shit, you just need to come up with bottled Lemonkid and corner the market on aphrodisiac snake oil.

I don't know if the world is ready for it. Pan-demon-ium.

Cash

USA

OLD SKOOL

MAR 31, 2007 06:18 AM

"Sex Patch" sounds like a 2 Live Crew song.

Get on ya knees, bitch
and lemme see ya sex patch
I'll fertilize ya eggs
an' whip ya up a fresh batch

NewSpectre

Baltimore, MD

March 2005

MAR 31, 2007 06:25 AM

SnakePlissken said:
I look forward to a bump in the Cougar population.

Please tell me this is the Neal Patrick Harris reference I think it is. You're my favorite person for the day.

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