Viagra: Some Notes

As medications go, Viagra has to be one of the most well-known and commonly joked-about substances on the planet. The drug and its various variants are generally regarded as the de facto male performance enhancer; something to help older men and the chronically undersexed get a hard-on when they want to.

Until recently, that was how I thought of it too.

Recently, as part of my general and ongoing quest to combine sex and substances in new and interesting ways, I decided to get hold of some Viagra and try it out. I was surprised, first and foremost, to note that the drug has undergone a rebrand. It’s not quite so medicinal anymore – in fact, a number of companies like BlueChew and Manual are aiming their marketing squarely at funky young people like myself.

And, given my general experiences, I’d say that maybe they’re right to do so. It certainly has its uses. For anyone interested in the effects it might have on their sex life, here’s what I noted from my kinky, curious, slightly cavalier point of view.

It works…

Within half an hour of taking a relatively low dose I was, to put it politely, hard as fuck. This happened reliably, each and every time I tried the drug. In terms of general experience it was like being a teenager again; the slightest smutty thought was enough to give me an erection that would last for hours.

A few times, in the spirit of experimentation, I tried to supress my hard-on. It’s possible. By a combination of thinking sad thoughts, imagining I had to speak at a funeral, and distracting myself with some incredibly boring reading, I was able to return to something like flaccidity. Even then, though, I’d say I had a semi pretty much as a constant.

… but it doesn’t enhance pleasure

For some reason I expected Viagra to enhance my sexual experience in ways other than just making me hard. I don’t know what gave me the impression that this would be the case, but I was surprised to find that being harder doesn’t automatically make sex better.

What it is good for is allowing you to fuck for hours at a time. This is pleasing for a sadist like me, since it allows me to use my dick like a handy dildo (be that to fuck someone, or to slap them in the face) for as long as I please, without worrying for a moment about staying hard. Fun.

It’s a confidence booster

Most men – myself included – can’t always get hard when they want to. In most cases it’s as much a mental thing as a physiological one. The idea of not being able to get hard when you want to creates doubt. Doubt is distracting. Before you know it you’re having a much less fun time in bed than you might otherwise be.

Viagra obviates that issue. Having it on hand means that you know you can bodyhack your dick into a state of hardness pretty much at will; something that, for anyone afflicted by any kind of performance anxiety, is bound to be a comforting thing to know.