The hype about Viagra reveals much about America's power structure and current social anxieties. It also says much about how people deal with their problems, and what a pill-driven society we've become. As any doctor can tell you, impotence is often a psychological phenomenon. To make a sexual relationship work, people need to work on all aspects of the relationship, not just the chemical reactions within it. But that's tough to do.
Personal problems are complex.
They require facing the anxieties that make Viagra such a popular and well-publicized miracle cure. So pick a pill. Alan Bjerga's column appears Wednesdays in the Daily.