What women want
Since its launch in 1998, sildenafil citrate has rejuvenated and prolonged the
sex life of thousands of men all over the world. Most commonly sold under the trade name Viagra by drug company Pfizer, the blue, diamond-shaped tablets have not only become a modern cultural icon but a cash cow for Pfizer, with almost two million tablets sold since the launch.
Now, thanks to a fortuitous discovery by German drug company Boehringer Ingelheim, women too may soon find a drug specifically designed to take care of low female sexual desire.
After years of testing and clinical trials involving 5,000 subjects, Boehringer is expected to place a drug called flibanserin for the US food and drug administration’s (FDA) approval this year. If the drug gets the green light, consumers will finally get their hands on the much-anticipated “female Viagra”.
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Is human love odourless?
It was 50 years ago that a pair of researchers first coined the word
pheromone. Scientists Peter Karlson and Martin Lüscher used the word to name chemicals they thought carried messages between individuals of the same species. One of the first such instances was noticed in female silk moths. When the moths secreted a chemical called bombykol, male moths went into mating frenzy.
In the decades since, pheromones have been suspected of playing a critical role in human relationships. Studies have shown that certain pheromones can make the menstrual cycles of women who live together fall in sync.
But now new research indicates that the wonder chemical may have no role at all to play in human relationships. In the 15 January issue of the journal Nature, zoologist Tristram D. Wyatt of the University of Oxford says efforts to isolate pheromones that impact sexual attraction in human beings have proved futile. In an essay titled “Fifty years of pheromones”, Wyatt raises doubts over the prevailing idea that pheromones are involved in attracting members of the opposite species.
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Carnal comic
Savita Bhabhi is an attractive, long-haired, married Indian woman with a voracious sexual appetite. And her promiscuous travails are the central theme of a
series of online comics that have now developed a committed following. According to online traffic measurement company Alexa Internet Inc.,
www.savitabhabhi.com is the 45th most popular website in India, ranking ahead of less racy sites such as eBay India, LinkedIn and even Shaadi.com.
Faced with sporadic threats from moral policemen and cyber crime officials, the creators of the comic have kept a low profile, identifying themselves only by screen names. We recently spoke to “Deshmukh” of the Savita Bhabhi (SB) team about the origin of the comic strip and his perspectives on Indian sexuality.
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