It’s been hailed as the wonder drug that keeps libidos pumping and men going for hours, but iconic 1970’s fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg says viagra is the worst thing to happen to women in years.
Furstenberg, who shot to fame in the ’70s with her iconic wrap dress, told The Times the little blue pill is unfair to women and has removed the equality in sex since men can now get it up every time they pop the pill, while women are stuck doing it the old-fashioned way.
“For men it used to be all about getting it up. ‘Did I?’ ‘Can I?’ There was a certain fairness,” Furstenberg said.
“A woman couldn’t have a child after 40, right? Though even that doesn’t exist any more. But the man could have a child until 65, but sexually after a while…Now, with Viagra…they just feel…I think Viagra is the worst thing.”
Diane isn’t the only one bringing Viagra into the spotlight, with actress Amanda Muggleton telling Starts at 60 earlier this year there should be more sex stimulants available for post-menopausal women.
Insisting men have it easy, while their female partner is expected to keep up with the medically-induced sex drives, the star claimed it wasn’t fair an equally effective stimulant wasn’t available for women.
“They’re trying to bring out things to help women [and] it’s about bloody time,” she said.
“What’s the good if you’ve got some bloke who can’t get enough of it, and the woman’s not interested? They’ll go somewhere else. Men are so busy getting their own willies ready, they’ve forgotten they need to stimulate their partner too!”.
While on the other hand male Viagra is being made more readily available, with a UK company revealing late last year, its plans to legalise the selling of Viagra over the counter in British pharmacies, without even a prescription required.
The move was decided on in a bid to better men’s health by encouraging them to seek help within the healthcare system and increase awareness of erectile dysfunction.