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    My problem with Viagra? It feeds men’s obsession with macho performance | Deborah Orr

    I’m all for the erectile dysfunction drug being available over the counter. But this doesn’t mean women have to tolerate men’s fantasy-driven sex antics
    by Deborah Orr Nov 29, 2017 3 minutes
    Sean Connery and Lois Maxwell in From Russia With Love. ‘Men glorify the lothario stereotype and feel awful when they can’t come near it themselves.’ Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/United Artists

    Viagra is to be sold over the counter in pharmacies, in an effort to tackle what has become a huge black market. The figures are indeed arresting. There were nearly 3m prescriptions for Viagra in 2017. Nevertheless an additional £17m in unlicensed or counterfeit Viagra was also seized. Which can only be the tip of … something. Ha ha.

    Poor Viagra. Since its introduction, in 1998, the erectile dysfunction drug been a

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