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American society has persistently negated the importance of women's desire. It is extremely simple to feel alone in desire. Most current social models cast women as non-lustful creatures, which assigns a deviancy to female sexual exploration and enjoyment. There have been “new cultural interpretations of female sexuality” for the past fifty years, yet “whore” and “slut” are still commonly used insults. Since the beginning of time, however, women have been exploring and adapting their sexual desires and responses.
You are not alone in wanting to better understand your body. You are a sexual creature. There is no shame in that, as all humans are innately so.
In 1976, Shere Hite conducted a study on female sexuality. She asked 3,000 women, ages 14 to 78, what their most intimate feelings about sex were. To further emphasize the existence of women in the sexual sphere, I have included some of the main responses within the Hite Report [1].
Thoughts on Masturbation
Most women said they enjoyed masturbation physically (after all, it did lead to orgasm), but not psychologically.
Some women used to feel guilty about masturbating but had gotten over it.
Other women could not let themselves enjoy masturbating, even physically.
But some women completely enjoyed it.
Almost all women had been brought up not to masturbate.
Most women felt that the main importance of masturbation was to substitute for sex (or orgasm) with a partner.
Others saw it as a learning experience.
Some women also felt masturbation helped them to have better sex with another person.
But some women saw it as a means of independence and self-reliance.
And some women described it as pure pleasure, important in its own right.
Thoughts on Orgasms
"Whoever said orgasm wasn't important for a woman was undoubtedly a man."
Women are now under great pressure to perform by have orgasms, especially during intercourse.
There is also a social pressure to perform by having orgasms, especially during intercourse.
There is also a social pressure that says a woman who has an orgasm is more of a woman, a "real" woman.
A few women reacted strongly against this pressure to perform.
On the other hand, not having an orgasm with a man could be frustrating too, because you could wind up feeling left out and cheated watching him have his.
Sometimes women focused on the man's orgasm as a surrogate for their own.
Some women came to the conclusion that orgasm during sex was not important.
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