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Remember all the hoopla in the news about how election polls have been repeatedly wrong because Republicans didn't want to talk to pollsters about their love of
by pmoriarty 4y ago
Remember all the hoopla in the news about how election polls have been repeatedly wrong because Republicans didn't want to talk to pollsters about their love of Trump, or Democrats not wanting to talk about their affiliation in red states where being openly Democrat could be bad for your health?
How much more reluctant must men be about having erectile dysfunction? This is a taboo subject and a great source of shame for many people. I'm sure plenty don't admit having it if they do, or just don't want to talk about it at all.
So all these studies consisting of people answering questionnaires on the subject are pretty suspect.
What we need to get to the bottom of this are measurements.... and, ideally, large double-blind studies. But that's obviously never going to happen.
So for the foreseeable future bloggers, pundits, psychologists, and social media users are going to be arguing about studies that are next to worthless.
- seydor 4y agoUnlikely? Because ED is treatable , so people are likely to seek help to a professional. Talking to pollsters is inconsequential
- pmoriarty 4y agoAsking help from a doctor for your ED is different from answering a questionnaire for a study. The former could help you directly, the latter only indirectly (if at all) by maybe attracting attention to the problem from the medical community. But if you don't have ED you're not likely to either go to a doctor for a condition you don't have, nor participate in such studies.