You mean like this?
Posted on 03/16/2002 7:29:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON (Reuters) - Older men are better lovers and have fewer impotence problems than their younger counterparts, with the "male menopause" a myth pedaled by drug companies to sell their products, according to a British psychologist.
Dr. Lorraine Boule, from Sheffield University in northern England, told the British Psychological Society conference that men became more skilled sexually as they get older, British newspapers reported on Saturday.
"Older men sustain erections for longer, are longer coming to orgasm, and satisfy women better. Sexual activity does diminish with age, but the quality should get better," she was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
Boule's conclusions were based on a survey of 185 married professional men aged 30 to 60. While 22 percent of men under 46 suffered erectile problems, only 16 percent of those over 46 did.
She dismissed as nonsense the idea that men needed testosterone as a hormone replacement therapy in the same way that some women take estrogen to ease the effects of menopause.
The male menopause was a myth spread by drug firms to boost the multimillion dollar market for impotence treatments, she said.
"Life should really begin at 40 for those who have the right mindset," the Times quoted her as saying.
You're right about the "vice versa part, Elwood. It's not easy for a woman to get turned on by a middle-aged guy with pasty white skin, a pot belly, a saggy backside, and other body parts sagging sadly. Especially when I work so hard to keep my body looking like it did when I was 25.
Oh, boy, am I gonna get flamed for this...
Yeah, what makes celebrities think that every problem they have might help the rest of us. It may have worked when they had breast cancer encouraging women to have breast exams but, for Almighty-sakes I don't care if an old man can't get it up. I really don't like having to think about his weiner. Between Bob Dole's limp weiner and Bill Clinton's bent weiner, I'll tell ya, I DON'T FREAKING CARE.
While this is true, it doesn't make the problem go away.
If you and your spouse are going back and forth about this why not check your serum hormone levels next time you go in for a physical. If your GP thinks the levels are strange or low he/she can refer you to an endocrinologist. The ednocrinologist will know for sure if there is a real problem and if there is he or she will get you started on some hormone replacement, no big deal
It's not this "strange nefarious plot" that many here on FR seem to think it is. It's not for everyone, but it can help many people, so why not check, especially if you're over the age of 40.
You mean like this?
Speak for yourself.
Sure, insulin levels when too low cause certain measureable and identifiable changes and replacement corrects or controls them. Lots of diabetics, though, are not too low in insulin, but do not use it properly at the cellular level and some actually have elevated levels.
With respect to testosterone, some men are clearly abnormally low and benfit from testosterone. However, what is abnormal is not clear as there is a large range of normal levels. Use of testosterone has some dangers. It is not a benign thing to use.
The article is correct, older men do make better lovers.
Your theory is also correct, can't imagine myself with a woman near my age, ugh.
OK, blast away. LOL
Speak for yourself.
Watching it on videotape doesn't count.
Every 'therapy' and every 'syndrome' has some book written about it by a proponent of the idea. There are similar books with selected scientific references in other popular ideas such as "systemic yeast", "multiple chemical sensitivities" ect. ad nauseum. There is little argument to be made with the "true believers" but others on the fence do well to be cautioned about the faddish movements which seem to occur as often in medicine as anything else.
physically they decline due to lesser and lesser Test. levels
No question we all decline with time. The idea that the decline in men is a result of decreased testosterone levels, though, is unproven. I would not dispute that giving testosterone to men has certain effects that they may like, but there are clearly dangers as well. Further, because an effect is produced does not mean that there was a 'deficiency' as I noted earlier with reference to amphetamines.
For that matter, I just gotta have my morning coffee. Does that mean that I am caffeine deficient?
48, never married, 6-1, 185, good job, still can.
I agree. There is a role for hormone replacement, both estrogen and testosterone, in certain circumstances. It is clearly helpful for the hot flashes, night sweats, etc. of menopause. Similarly, testosterone is helpful for men with clearly abnormally low levels from some conditions.
But they are potentially harmful substances and to just suggest that they be passed out nilly-willy is a bad idea, IMHO. Articles such as this one, and imagined conditions such as 'male menopause' do a disservice. Both sides, pro and con, ought to be presented...
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