1998 - Viagra Birth Year
Doctors and Men were amazed that Pfizer finally released the drug Viagra in the market. While the medicine was patented in 1998, the drug was approved for treatment of erectile dysfunction by the US Food and Drug Administration in March 1998. Based on popular culture, this year marks the start of a new sexual revolution similar to the hippie generation in the 1960s.
The Gay rights movement won several victories in 1998 including the landmark ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore services stating that federal rules banning sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. It was also during this year that the popular singer George Michael came out of the closet (admitted that he is gay) and followed by his subsequent incarceration for lewd acts in front of a police officer. The momentum for gay rights was also increased when the gay poster boy Matthew Sheppard was found lifeless and tied to a fence in Wyoming and became the symbol of gay-bashing and started a public discussion about the dangers of homophobia. Aside from those mentioned, it was also in this year that the transsexual Israeli singer Dana International won the Eurovision Song Contest.
In July of the same year, abuses of Catholic priests came to light. This started when several former altar boys accused some priests of molesting them. The scandal has severely damaged the Catholic Church and forced the institution to pay millions of dollars in settlements. The scandal In Dallas resulted to more revelations and damaging confessions in other dioceses across the United States.
Of course, who can forget Monica Lewinsky? While many youngsters associate the former American President William Jefferson Blythe III (Bill Clinton) with the Clinton Global Initiative, many still knew the Lewinsky scandal of 1998. The American president was attacked domestically and abroad for his sexual misbehavior. The entire proceedings were televised. The Comedy shows are having a good time and their researchers are enjoying the abundant gossip and news available. Some say that the scandal has triggered a new wave of sexual revolution in the United States and the Western World.
Viagra appeared the same year as the Monica Lewinsky scandal, George Michael's coming out fiasco and the rise in gay activism. To top it all, 1998 is the year that HBO released the television blockbuster Sex and the City. While people are preoccupied with Clinton jokes in coffee shops, some have already discovered the blue pill. While women are starting to get hooked with the series Sex and The City, men are busy "negotiating" with their doctors to give them prescription for Viagra. Luckily, 2009 is a better year because we can buy viagra online.
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