In yesterday's post, I wrote about the pressure involved when a man feels responsible for satisfying his partner sexually. In addition to turning men into 'success objects', there are a few more problems with this orientation. One of them is that sexual satisfaction is usually equated with orgasm. The female orgasm becomes the goal, which then puts pressure on a woman to cooperate in reaching that goal whether it's important to her or not. Achieving an orgasm becomes her 'assignment'.
Our society's narrow interpretation of sexuality has created an over-focus on the genitals and made an orgasm the end-all, be-all of sexual encounters. This interpretation cheats us of a full body experience of sex and limits our enjoyment of the flow involved in making love. Orgasms are great, but when they become an obligation and the sole focus of lovemaking, both men and women suffer a reduction in their total sexual capacity.
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