What I Think about Male Enhancement Drug Commercials

There is an epidemic in the U.S., one that has quietly slipped in and taken hold over a sizable portion of the male population. It somehow became a more widespread affliction than AIDS, swine flu and, hell, prostate cancer. The epidemic is penile dysfunction ... at least, I have to think it is.

Consider for a moment all of the television you have watched so far since the beginning of 2010. Good. Now, think about the commercials you've watched during your favorite shows. Aside from those annoying E-Trade babies, what is the most-mentioned theme of those commercials? Well, considering this blog is about "male enhancement drugs" you'd better be guessing along the lines of what I'm thinking. Yes, I'd say an easy 30% of the commercials I've seen in the past 3 months have been about these little pills, each with names that make me think of anything other than my penis, which will somehow enhance my love life (no matter what my age may be). Add that to the number of spam e-mails I get every day, at no point in my life have I had some many companies concerned about the welfare and performance of my penis. They're so nice.

Now, here's the kicker ... it's not just about getting it going for when your lady needs some. Nope, now it's about making it awesome whenever your lady needs some. When Viagra came out, it was definitely the pill to help erectile dysfunction. If memory serves, there was statistically a portion of the male population who had problems getting it up due to whatever circumstances. But now, it's not just about helping those men out ... now it's about making you a better lover. Huh? It's as if the 30% of the male population needs help to get ready for sex! I don't buy that.

Commercials for these pills don't focus on overcoming a deficiency as much as they are about being able to make fantastic love at a moment's notice. Not that I'm opposed to it, but is the problem so widespread that we need a commercial twice every 30 minutes? Guys, is it really that hard to get going when your lady starts to shimmy in front of you the way you like? If the problem is that big (hee, hee) then fine, bring on the blue pills and let's save our libidos. If not, can we tone down the commercials a bit? If nothing else put research money into curing diseases that kill us instead of conditions that if they last longer than 4 hours ... well, you get the point.