Unit 1: Assignment 2

“The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm”

In this article, Koedt used a key term very frequently. The term is “frigidity”. The article says that men have usually defined “frigidity” as a failure for women to have vaginal orgasms. Experts say that it is a psychological a problem and that if a women said she could not have a vaginal orgasm, she was considered a problem. The experts said that if a woman failed to have the vaginal orgasm, they were not successfully fulfilling their role as a woman. The author focuses on how it is a myth that the orgasm occurs in the vagina. Koedt says that the actual orgasm occurs in the clitoris and many men and women have thought otherwise. Koedt talks about how Freud thought that women were inferior to men and that is how this false theory was established. Freud did not base the theory on a woman’s anatomy, but rather on his position that women are inferior to men. I think Koedt is trying to take a stance on women not being inferior to men and that this myth of the vaginal orgasm is based upon the inferiority that is placed on women. I could tell in her writing that she feels strongly about women and their independence from men. Koedt explains how some women are even convinced that the orgasm happens in the vagina rather than the clitoris. She says that this confusion is from a lack of knowledge about their anatomy. More women are prone to “fake” the orgasm just to satisfy the man they are with and conform to what they think is normal is when having sexual intercourse. I believe Koedt feels strongly about this myth and how men think woman are inferior and that sex is not an equal enjoyment for both participants. I believe that this myth still stands true. I think that men are more concerned about the pleasure they get from sex rather than trying to make their partner satisfied as well.


“Lusting for Freedom”

I mostly enjoyed this article due to the honesty of Walker. She talked about her own sexual experiences to try and help others understand sex, love, and desire and how they should be viewed. Walker talks about how society has put an “image”’ of what sex and love should be. She said that she was using her body as a way to learn more about herself and fulfill her desires, but she ultimately hurting herself. I believe that she did not receive the proper attention from her working mother and this caused her to explore her sex, love, and desire in other ways. She thought that by having sex, she was wanted and loved. By having sex, she was able to earn that attention that she was not receiving from her mother. Also, she says that she had a lot of curiosity of experimenting with her body and her desires. When she was little, having sex was her get a way. She used sex to feel wanted and fulfill her desires that she was not receiving in other aspects of her life.