Professional escort says men should ‘seek help’ over health issue she constantly sees
If you men won't listen to the medics, maybe you'll take heed of what this professional escort has to say.
Thanks to her line of work, Lillith Lodge is quite clued up on the male anatomy as she regularly gets up close and personal with naked blokes.
And there seems to be a common denominator with a lot of her clients.
The adult star, who hails from Brisbane, Australia, reckons that she encounters a man with this issue 'at least once a fortnight, if not more frequently'.
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Lodge explained that in her experience, a lot of men don't even realise that they are dealing with it and she believes it's still considered quite a taboo topic.
If you hadn't already guessed, it's erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, which is the inability to get or sustain an erection long enough to have sex.
What causes erectile dysfunction?
According to the NHS, this is often caused by 'stress, tiredness or drinking too much alcohol, and it's nothing to worry about'.
You may also experience ED as a side effect of some medicines, and some conditions - such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression, anxiety or hormone problems - can also trigger it.
ED is incredibly common and is said to affect up to one in five men in the UK, which equates to around 4.3 million. Its prevalence also rises with age.
In Lodge's eyes, it's something of an epidemic and that's why she has been urging fellas to go and talk to their doctors about this intimate problem.
Lillith Lodge's take on erectile dysfunction
In a YouTube video shared in November last year, the escort explained that she believes there is a lot more behind arousal than just 'seeing a hot chick and getting hard'.
"It is like a connection between multiple different parts of your body," Lodge said. "It's your mind and emotions, it's your hormones... it's a big thing. So many elements have to come together to get going.
"And when you live with erectile dysfunction, a lot of the time you can start getting into your head and you start worrying more and more because it's not working. It just makes it worse and worse."
'It is not uncommon at all'
She explained she has noticed that a lot of men end up falling into a 'really negative mindset' because of ED, which is something she finds 'really hard to see'.
"Erectile dysfunction can have a massive impact on somebody's life," Lodge continued. "It really can. It is hard to see people struggling with this and not going and seeking help for it.
"There is still so much stigma around going and getting help for anything to do with sexual health. But if you think that this applies to you, I really advise that you go and see your GP about this... it is not uncommon at all."
Although she acknowledges that she is 'not a medical professional' and doesn't have a 'science background', Lodge is out there on the frontlines and claims to see the impact of ED on a regular basis.
She explained that although she does her best to make sure her clients 'feel safe and comfortable', she is 'not a magic fairy' who can 'just click my fingers and make it get and stay hard'.
"I have had many clients in my career lash out at me because their downstairs was not working," Lodge said, revealing that men often 'ask for refunds despite the fact they have actually done part of the booking'.
'I don't have magic powers and I can't fix it'
"I've had other clients tell me that it is the way that I look or it is something that I have done is why their body is acting that way," she continued.
"And obviously I have quite a thorough understanding of this topic and what erectile dysfunction is - and I'm well aware that it is not my fault when this stuff happens. It's not like I have any issue with seeing clients who struggle with erectile dysfunction.
"My only issue is when clients are projecting their anger with their own body and their own body bodily functions onto myself, because it's really important to me that I try to give everyone the best experience that I can and I never want to let anybody down. But I don't have magic powers and I can't fix it."
She urged blokes who have this problem to book in with their GP to 'get an actual diagnosis', before taking advantage of the treatments that are available to help men who experience ED.
"I think just having somebody to discuss these things with would be really beneficial," Lodge added.
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Health, Australia
Olivia Burke