Culture
Having Sex "Like A Man" Has Been A Disaster For Women
I was in 8th grade the first time I ever got my hands on a copy of "Cosmo." I was babysitting the toddler of some family friends and had just put the tot to sleep when I began to roam around the house waiting for something to catch my interest. I wandered over to the bookcase in the living room and — bingo! Copy after copy of thick, glossy women’s magazines stacked neatly on a shelf awaited me.
By Gwen Farrell4 min read
Over the next few hours, I lapped up the information hungrily. I was relatively sheltered as a preteen, but I had no idea I was so uneducated. These magazines were only too willing to wax poetic on the apparent myth of the female orgasm, the importance of the G spot, and other lurid topics discussed in intimate and sometimes off-putting detail.