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Having had partners who suffered vulvodynia, the point of clinical trials for erectile dysfunction contrasted against the far fewer number of investigations int
by noobiemcfoob 9y ago
Having had partners who suffered vulvodynia, the point of clinical trials for erectile dysfunction contrasted against the far fewer number of investigations into female pain during sex is rather salient.
- IntronExon 9y agoWhile sexual pain and dysfunction in women is grossly understudied, it’s part of a larger trend in which pharmaceutical and medical research primarily considered one model: adult men. Over time that changed a bit to include children, which led to the realization that kids are not just small adults. (Medically speaking) I’m addition to sexism there is also the complexity and cost of modeling your drugs and devices on women. Women after all, are not just men with different parts, any more than the reverse is true. For companies trying to minimize R&D costs and maximize profit, giving women (and children originally) the short end of the stick is profitable. There’s pushback on that now, but only relatively recently. There’s almost certainly elements of societal squeamishness around the notions of everything from menses to vaginismus. That’s probsbly partly why the pushback against testing policies took so long to become widespread.
- noobiemcfoob 9y agoI'm not entirely sure what point you're arguing but it seems you miss the difference between one group failing to get erections and another experiencing chronic pain. Ignore sexism and the differences between the sexes for a moment and consider which one seems like an actual problem.
- IntronExon 9y agoThey both seem like actual problems, both deserving of research and sympathy. I don’t feel the need to denigrate one to elevate the other.