i have to ask, thisis about the orgasm. Is the orgasm an indicator that men and women are not equal in sex and may never be equal in sex, perhaps? Christinee: It's very real that men tend to orgasm more in sexual encounters. And it does seem to me that the pursuit of sort of casual sex tends to benefit men more than women. Men tend to get more pleasure out of these encounters than women do.
In today's world, we're often encouraged to think that sex is no longer a subject burdened with shame or repressed feelings. Rather, it is pleasurable, exciting and even empowering – as long as all parties are consenting. But do women really have the same sexual freedom as men, or are they still living in a man's world, conforming to male heterosexual desires and tastes? How do young women who’ve grown up in a sexually celebratory and supposedly shame-free society navigate sex? To discuss it, our host, the cultural historian and broadcaster Shahidha Bari, is joined by the authors of two books taking differing approaches to the debate: Christine Emba, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, and Dossie Easton, therapist and co-author of The Ethical Slut.
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