Word: aphrodisiacal
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...gently by an old friend and sometime associate, Buzz Farber. In fact, only eight of the 23 contributors are women. Even a solid advice article on how women can protect themselves from VD is written by a man. Two other articles are clearly directed toward women, one on the aphrodisiac aspects of smell and the other on male sexual fantasies. The first is old-hat, the second a bit sick...
...Throughout history, princes and plain folk alike have searched for a true aphrodisiac, a substance to heighten sexual desire. Now researchers have found one that does just the opposite. They have developed a drug called ben-peridol, which, they claim, reduces or completely abolishes sexual desire. Doctors tested the drug successfully at London's Wormwood Scrubs prison, and believe it could prove valuable for treating sexual offenders. They also apparently feel that many law-abiding Britons are ready for a real version of the fictional "Anti-Sex League" in George Orwell's novel, 1984. Starting this month, they...
...dynamite high," says a Boston dealer who carries a pistol because of the trade's hazards. "You feel like Adam, and God is blowing life into your nostrils." Some users claim that it has aphrodisiac properties. Cokeheads typically talk a lot, feel energetic and self-confident until the drug wears...
Users-who are mostly youngsters -are rhapsodic about the euphoric, spaced-out state the drug can produce. Many, calling methaqualone "heroin for lovers," also believe that it is an aphrodisiac. They are mistaken. As a "downer," or depressant, the drug may release the user from his normal sexual restraints. But it is also likely to make a male incapable of normal sexual performance. As one Vassar man puts it, "All your inhibitions are definitely broken down-like everything else in your body...
...your cover story "Holiday on Skis" [Dec. 25]: I do not argue with doctors who deny that the ultraviolet rays encountered while skiing have an aphrodisiac effect. However, the sheer sensual experience of the warm sun, snow spray in the face, weightless microseconds on a mogul, the symphony of wind blowing through pine forests, thrills of speed, danger and precision and not insignificantly, the form-fitting nature of ski clothing create in this skier a desire for more than a quiet evening with a good book...