The poor woman only found out the truth after she married him...

Not telling the truth about your sexual function could be costly according to recent news reports. In the Sicilian capital city of Palermo everyone is talking about a court case in which a man was fined almost 200,000 Euros for failing to tell his wife to be that he was impotent. The poor woman only found out the truth after she married him and understandably was furious when she realised that he was fully aware of his condition.

Evidence produced in court showed that he had tried to get help for his erectile dysfunction problem before and that it had not been successful. Luca Prodi (no relation to Italy's Prime Minister) had told his then girlfriend that he didn't want to have sexual relations with her until they had tied the wedding knot. This was deemed by the court to trick her into marriage and thus they felt that he must be fined and that the woman should be compensated for the stress and hassle she endured for the deceit. Mrs Prodi has since divorced Luca Prodi.

It must be made clear that the court did not fine him for being impotent but only for failing to tell his girlfriend that he was impotent which would have definitely had an impact on her decision whether or not to marry him.

In some parts of India the law is very hard on men and states that if a man can't produce an erection in marriage the wife is allowed to leave him and regain her dowry. For a man the blow must be terrible because not only are you publicly humiliated but you lose your wife and companion. In India Viagra has been a godsend to some of these men who were facing a divorce from their wives.

Poor Luca Prodi obviously tried Viagra but his erectile dysfunction must have been of a more serious kind.