The strict sexual taboos imposed by the Church created widespread fears of impotence, as we can tell from the countless Church edicts forbidding attempts to restore potency by magical means, from the demand for restoratives, and from the fact that witches were constantly accused of blighting potency, as we shall later see in more detail. Such potency difficulties are precisely what one would expect to find in a period when the sexual act was represented as a mortal sin.

I found this quote in an interesting book called 'Sex in history' by G. Rattray Taylor. Although Taylor refers in this paragraph to the 12. century, I was immediately reminded of the daily Viagra spam emails, and the massive posters brandishing Melbourne asking bluntly: Want longer lasting sex?

Fear of impotence appears as a common phenomenon in the western world. Sexual taboos still repress our society, harvesting numerous mental disorders.