Is there something about the possibility of sexual dysfunction or impotence that causes men to cease rational thought and go into genital panic mode? Why is it that so many men seem obsessive about what is happening (or not happening) between their legs?
We were recently having lunch in a Vietnamese Pho restaurant, and the waiter brought a small ramekin of what looked like green salsa. "Our special hot sauce," he said. "Good for men," he added, gazing down at the area below his belt buckle.
We recall being in Malaysia and seeing hand-lettered signs for birds' nest soup promoting its being good for solving "man" problems.
It was therefore not a big surprise when we saw on a website that there is a special gemstone being touted as having the power to increase a man's sexual energy. Green Tourmaline is said to make a man stronger and more powerful throughout his body -- and particularly with regard to his reproductive system. This, of course, is code for being like nature's Viagra. A stone that's good for the stones. It helps you get rock-hard...
We once had the mistaken notion that when more women got into politics there would be less of an emphasis of testosterone in the world, but then along came Margaret Thatcher and now Hillary Clinton.
We are reminded of a scene in the brilliant HBO series, Deadwood, when Calamity Jane admonished a group of men in the saloon saying she had more balls than all of them put together. Maybe she was wearing a necklace of therapeutic Green Tourmaline gemstones.