Is giving Viagra to a sex offender akin to giving a gun to a convicted murderer?

This sex therapist says no: “In my clinical experience, healthy sexual encounters are actually a key part of a sex offender’s successful recovery. They teach the sex offender to refocus his desire on an appropriate subject. Some convicted sex offenders have been in treatment for decades, with no recidivism. To deny them access to a normal sex life — as refusing them treatment for erectile dysfunction would do — would be counterproductive. Rather than aiding and abetting a sex offender, it’s more likely that Viagra is being prescribed to those in a healthy, consensual relationship who are experiencing erectile dysfunction.”

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