Female and Male Sexual Dysfunctions
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Sexual Dysfunctions |
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What can be done? |
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A Triple Distortion
The sexual
oppression under which all of us live
has many aspects. However, with regard
to human sexual functioning, we can
point to one specific negative factor
which seems to be more significant than
any other: The nearly exclusive concern,
indeed the obsession, with the male and
female sex organs. The exaggerated
importance ascribed to the sex organs
has blinded not only the average person,
but even certain theoreticians of sex to
the full range of human sexual
capacities. "Genitality" still reigns as
the supreme sexual ideal, and, as a
result, the sexual relationships in our
society suffer a triple distortion:
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An overemphasis on the
male initiative (at the
expense of the female
initiative),
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an overemphasis on coitus
(at the expense of other
forms of sexual
intercourse), and
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an overemphasis on orgasm
(at the expense of leisurely
sensual enjoyment). |
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