The Myth Of Social Purity Feminist

Social purity feminist and new moralists had different beliefs and advocated for different things when it came to female sexuality. According to Bland, social purity feminists advocated that when it came to the women’s body they had every right to say no to all unwanted sexual advances, this included married women (Bland, 1983). They also advocated that a married woman should have the right to control conception of a child, they suggested one of two ways to do so and this was by either continence or abstinence. Social purity feminist advocated that the purpose of sex was to reproduce and therefore if the women was not planning to conceive a child then there would be no reason for her to have sex, making abstinence an easy practice for married
What does Anne Koedt mean by "the myth of the vaginal orgasm"? How does she explain the lack of attention to the clitoris, given that it is the centre of women's orgasm? Do you find her explanation convincing, why or why not?

In Anne Koedt’s article, she discusses the myth of the vaginal orgasm. She explains that there is a false belief that women typically have an orgasm through their vagina (Koedt, 1972). She support her argument by explaining the fact that “the vagina is not a highly sensitive area an is not constructed to achieve orgasm. It is the clitoris which is the centre of sexual sensitivity an which is the female equivalent of the penis” (Koedt, 1972, p. 111). In the article, there are several reasons why the author argued that the clitoris was not the center of a woman’s orgasm. One of the reason was due to Freud’s theory. His theory was that once a woman hit puberty, and once they began have sex, their centre for orgasm transferred from their clitoris to the vagina (Koedt, 1972). The author also argued that a main reason why the clitoris was not the center of a women’s orgasm was because the theories about female orgasm came from men. The theories were not based on a women physical anatomy they were based on male assumptions (Koedt, 1972). The third reason she mentioned was that if women are able to achieve an orgasm through masturbation that men could potentially become sexually expendable. They would only be needed in terms of reproducing (Koedt, 1972). Personally, I do find her explanation convincing, especially when she mentioned Freud. As a woman, it would be difficult for me to understand the physical anatomy of a male body if I was not exposed to it, therefore, if Freud was not exposed to female genitals to test his theory I imagine it would be difficult for him to understand a women’s