Sadly, the sexual desire of women over 50 is often unrepresented, misrepresented, and shown as comedic in culture – the new Australian film depicts a different reality.
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Melissa Kang answered hundreds of questions from girls for the Dolly Doctor column. What she found on analysis was a sense of shame when young women experienced sexual pleasure.
Here’s a snapshot of what research tells us about female orgasms, what we don’t know, and what researchers want to know next.
Sexual health experts say it’s a misconception that the cervix is insensitive, which can have implications for some medical procedures.
New research suggests the clitoris is equally as important for reproduction as it is for sexual pleasure. But the evidence behind that claim is up for debate.
It is normal for girls and women to masturbate, and there are even health benefits.
Australian women were once largely seen as reproducers, rather than lovers: sexual pleasure was suspect. Attitudes have changed, yet our culture is still troubled by female desire.
The paintings in Del Kathryn Barton’s new show at NGV Australia are visually stunning and painstakingly executed. But the women depicted are often de-personalised objects or headless cauldrons of destructive passion.
Surveys of sexual practice conducted between 1921 and 1995 found that women tend not to have orgasms during penile-vaginal sex. And yet men’s and women’s magazines continue to offer ‘lessons’.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University Schools, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Honorary Lecturer, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, University of South Australia
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Professor in Gender History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Psychobiology, UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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Lecturer: School of Arts & Humanities, Edith Cowan University
