Isabel Samaras translation and commentary Beatriz Sotomayor
translated this article because I think it reflects the idea current sexual liberation of women, a feminist struggle for autonomy and sexual freedom of the media and the culture turned against women by creating a new style of submission.
Before mandates were "not have sex outside of marriage," "only have sex reproductive" and "will enjoy or have no desire or sexual interest," these terms were not destroyed, only changed a bit, added new commands: "you will be sexually spontaneous (have much casual sex)" and "will enjoy and have a lot of libido."
The different mandates applied in different contexts, and according to the specific interests and involved. For example, if you're a young woman in a nightclub and has been dancing and kissing a guy for a while, he could call repressed, cartridge or not released, if you go with him, and you could go with him to show that there are cartridge, not because I want him in truth. If you are a woman in her forties, the terms of fidelity and low libido, you will probably be required.
What is the problem? We have new mandates, no new options and if you end up doing anyway what others as they want, you can not say that you "liberated" from nothing.
As Maureen C. McHugh points out in his article "What Women Want? sexual desire is very important (and as is the desire and obligation should not be free):
"The desire is part of our being embodied and relational desire connects us to our bodies and at the same time connects us to others and others."
But
"When one is treated as the object of the desires of others, and is itself as such, the ability even to meet their own needs and desires is weakened. "
Finally, this article being written by a gynecologist (the person you see when an STD, you got pregnant or have cancer cervical), tends to victimize women, when the whole point (in feminism) is that they are not, or feel victims, or that "arms down", however the article is interesting and original blog caused outrage among many men, rather than criticize or contradict the main idea was put to the small details ... Finally it is interesting that these attacks do not usually focus on major public perceptions, but to discredit the author by trifles.
Your "orgasm face"? Cosmo and the pornification of Women
Original article: http://skepticalob.blogspot.com/2009/06/your-orgasm-face-cosmo-and.htmlTuesday, June 30, 2009
Waiting in the tail of the pharmacy recently, I was surprised by a look at the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine. No, not for the copious cleavage, or the tone and title of the article. Was the title of this particular article: Your orgasm face, do you think when you see him.
As a gynecologist, I have a unique opportunity to see the consequences of the growing sexual openness. It is a wonder to young men, usually at the expense of young women. They receive all the benefits, women take all the risks. They are lucky, they lie down, action and women have become pregnant, contract STDs lose fertility and can get cervical cancer.
Ofelia Andrade http://www.ofeliamadariaga.blogspot.com/
And all in exchange for what? Young men are almost always sexually satisfied in their relationships. Do young women? Not so much ... because young men are often inexperienced lovers more worried about their own pleasure than anything else.
The idea that women exist only for sexual gratification of men is the basis of pornography. What is surprising and depressing is that young women are encouraged by other women to believe they exist only for sexual satisfaction of young men.
Isis Rodriguez Pornography is the objectification of women, generally described as:
Representing women as physical objects to be looked at and act on them, and failing to show them as beings with subjectivity, with thoughts, stories and emotions. Objectify someone, then, is to reduce / a only level object.
In pornography, the objectification of women is sexual. Women are physical objects that can be looked and acted. do not have thoughts, feelings or personal needs.
Isis Rodriguez This does not, in itself, that pornography is bad. While the viewer understand that it is fictional and unreal, can be seen as nothing more than sexual release. The problem occurs when people start to believe it is a realistic representation of women, and they only exist to satisfy men's sexual and have their own sexual needs.
relentless use of sexual imagery to sell products and gain attention can be blamed for giving young women the idea that their role in life is to satisfy the sexual needs of men. It is an unfortunate result of unintentional sexualize and large swaths of contemporary culture. Even more disturbing, because it is explicit and intentional, is the way women's magazines encourage women themselves believe that their main value lies in being objects for sexual gratification of men.
offending There are many magazines, but Cosmopolitan takes the cake for its lack of variety and lack of subtlety, at least. The cover of this month's Cosmo includes articles on Total Body Sex / Sex Total Body, the Naked Quiz / Questionnaire Naked and The Trick That Attracts Hot Guys Like Crazy / Trick Attracts Sexy Men With Madness. But even Cosmo has reached a nadir with the article Your Orgasm Face, What He's Thinking When He Sees It / Your Orgasm Face, does he think When he sees.
Isabel Samaras as if the objectification of women in men's magazines is not enough poor, encouraging men to believe that women exist only for sexual pleasure, women's magazines emphasize that point: not only their sexual needs and desires are irrelevant, girls also will be judged if you dare to express them. What is important for your sexual needs is not satisfied, but the effect of having the pleasure of women in the enjoyment of man.
Cosmo reminds women that are not only judged by their sexual attraction (clearly the only feature that matters) by the bust size, weight and facial features are now judged by how they look during the sex. You can be pretty, thin, wealthy, and that may convince take to bed. But that does not stop, oh no, he still has the right to judge your performance during sex and find it bad.
Isis Rodriguez do not understand. Why do we say to young women who may be soccer stars or astronauts, and then flooded signal that everything that really matters is the sex? This "pornification" tireless women violates everything we claim to believe about gender equity.
Which is what he thinks about your orgasm face? Why a woman should be of interest? Only someone who believes that she exists for the sexual satisfaction of men consider that the case has some relevance.
Ofelia Andrade http://www.ofeliamadariaga.blogspot.com/ comment on The Sexual Liberation taken from:
What Do Women Want? A New View of Women's Sexual Problems.
Maureen C. McHugh. Sex Roles (2006) 54:361-369.
However, what is sexual liberation and how we become liberated? The idea of \u200b\u200bsexual liberation has been co-opted by the media. Young women today are encouraged to think of sexual liberation as having casual sex, or dressing sexy clothes, especially in places that are not approved or appropriate. Others may view the release as the ability to perform our desires, or as the right to have as much sex as our male peers. Some feminists are against sexual revolution that creates pressure to have sex or an orgasm, and advocates for sexual self-determination. Lenora Tiefer recommends us;
"we review in detail all the requirements sex, especially those that suggest that women would experience better or more fulfilling if they were more like those of men. "
Isis Rodriguez
According to many young women with whom Maureen convert, a sexually liberated woman is a woman who: Very aware of sex and her body is feel comfortable or good about your body, this comfortable touching or sexually please himself, is well informed and responsible about reproduction, understand their own sexual orientation and complies guidance and choices of others; make their own choices, is able to say "yes" and is able to say "no", can communicate their sexual feelings to your partner (s) prevents or exploitative situations and relationships abusive; protects herself from sexually transmitted diseases, care of your health, develop and maintain meaningful relationships, express love and affection in appropriate ways.
Finally, from my subjectivity, I think the essence of a sexually liberated woman is summarized in these words:
All were going to be old and indecent conga until the end because we were not doomed to play but we had opened the highway to create.
DianaBellesi. Argentina writer and poet
That is, the rivalry is replaced by brotherhood and solidarity between women, sexual pleasure and creativity almost to the grave and that traditional family roles are in a are secondary and optional, not mandatory. And do what you want, not what we think we should want, not what we say we want.
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