Naturally, I want my girlfriend desires me sexually. I hope that the sight of my body arouses her, that she feels fortunate to have sex with me, and that she desires me often.
But our society seems to encourage the reverse happens. As a guy, I have been conditioned by society to desire females and their bodies, to appreciate them aesthetically, and to easily and often desire sex with them. My ability to appreciate sex and women has been nurtured and maximized. But females are conditioned differently. Girls learn more about resisting or even fearing sex than about appreciating it. Women grow up with messages that sex is something men desire, and that sex diminishes women, and that it is something women “give” instead of take. There is little encouragement for women to desire men. And it doesn’t help that our society focuses more on penis jokes than it does on promoting the intimacy and beauty of men’s bodies. I feel screwed over by these powerful social influences.
2007-02-22
03:40:35
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Suraj K
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Gender Studies