History of the Female Orgasm
The female orgasm has had a love/hate relationship with society over
the past centuries…
Female sexuality has been a taboo subject throughout history, and in
many parts of the world it still is.
And like everything else, the female orgasm has a story…
It’s
a tale of denial, hatred, and passion…
So, sit down, relax, and learn a little more about the evolution of the
female orgasm.
- Long ago, in the 4th century B.C., the great Hippocrates believed
that the fetus was a result of female pleasure. Therefore, in order
to procreate a woman must always be kept sexually satisfied.
- In the same century however, the nemesis of the female orgasm, Aristotle,
disagreed with Hippocrates. He suggested that only the man’s semen
was fertile, and that a woman had no role in the procreative process.
So, female sexual pleasure was quickly looked down upon.
- This mentality continued well into the Middle Ages. Throughout
these centuries the Church advocated the repression of female sexuality.
It promoted chastity, abstinence, female isolation.
- By the 18th century the female condition was no better, but
it was believed that the female orgasm was necessary for reproduction.
Yet, women were still encouraged to repress their sexual desires, and
simply fulfill the needs of their husbands.
- One horrible day in the 19th century, female pleasure was
banned, and the husband was forewarned never to waken his wife’s
sexual desires.
- During this time, manuals on the subject were written for young brides
experiencing sex for the first time. Such manuals instructed that a
young lady should “lie perfectly still and never under any circumstances
grunt or groan while the act is in progress” (From “The
Madison Institute Newsletter”, Fall 1894).
- Then one day, in the years following the Second World War (1945),
something happened – female sexuality was slowly starting to make
its way back into society…
- The Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s rode in like
a knight in shining armor! Female sexual freedom was finally being recognized
with the advent of the Birth Control Pill, contraception,
and abortion.
- Today, women in Western civilization have reclaimed their
bodies! They are learning to love and appreciate their sexuality, and
men are also taking interest in learning how to pleasure their female
partners.
And they all lived happily ever after…
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