Not so Magic Mike! Male strippers are more likely to be IMPOTENT as seven out of ten admit to relying on aids like Viagra to help bedroom performance
- Researchers suggest male strippers are more likely to be flops in the bedroom
- Seven in ten performers admitted they relied on aids such as drugs, jabs or rings
- Academics from the University of Miami found this in the first study of its kind
Male strippers may look fun when up on stage but scientists suggest they are more likely to be flops in the bedroom.
Researchers found men working in the adult entertainment industry were up to eight times more likely to be impotent compared to those of a similar age.
Seven in ten performers admitted they relied on aids such as drugs, jabs or rings, academics from the University of Miami discovered.
Researchers found men working in the adult entertainment were up to eight times more likely to be impotent compared to those of a similar age (pictured: stock photo of Magic Mike, a film about strippers)
In the first study of its kind, more than four in ten strippers aged in their 20s were also found to suffer from erectile dysfunction.
This is in comparison to only one in twenty for most other young men.
Dr Geoff Hackett, former president of the British Society of Sexual Medicine, warned young men to not try and mimic strippers or porn stars, reported The Sun.
More than four in ten strippers aged in their 20s were also found to suffer from erectile dysfunction (stock photo of Channing Tatum in Magic Mike XXL)
He added: ‘If you need optimal performance on a cold afternoon in a godforsaken place, you are going to do what is needed to maintain the expected standards.
‘But this study suggests it does have a toll. The likely lifestyle, such as taking anabolic steroids, as well as a cocktail of other drugs will raise impotence risk.
He continued: ‘It is a case of being careful what you wish for.’
The team of Miami researchers said the frequent use of aids ‘may ultimately cause erectile dysfunction’, and psychological dependence, they told the journal Translational Andrology and Urology.