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Viagra: Medical Technology Constructing Aging Masculinity

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Medicalization and commodification of the body through technology in the form of Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs is reinforcing the cultural expectations that ageing men are required to age well to maintain youthful masculinity. Ageing well is explored as it relates the construction of masculinity, sexuality and ageing men's bodies.

Source: The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

DOI: 10.15453/0191-5096.3051

Authors: Gregory Gross, Robert Blundo

Institutions: College of Saint Rose, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Language: English

Topic: Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1601308290

FWCI: 3.958

Cites: 24

Cited by: 26

Related to: 10