Women and Sexuality in the Media

As mentioned in Hilary Howard’s 2011 New York Times article, “Vibrators Carry the Conversation,” (2011), vibrators can now be purchased at mainstream drugstores. Despite the accessibility of vibrators and other sex toys, open discussion of women’s orgasms and sexual pleasure is rare.

Here is the article http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/fashion/21VIBRAT…

In order to receive full credit, your discussion post MUST Do the following:

FIRST –

Provide COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVELY answers to the following questions in relation to the above article and statement on women’s sexual pleasure:

  1. Why might this still be the case?
  2. How might this relate to the medicalization of women’s sexuality, as discussed in this unit’s lectures and articles?

SECOND –

Find an example of women’s sexual pleasure in the media, and discuss how it opens/develops the conversation on this topic.

THIRD –

You MUST USE THREE (3) course materials, in addition Howard’s article, WITHIN THE BODY OF YOUR INITIAL POST. The three course materials can be from any week, but must be relevant to the topic and support your perspective/argument. Therefore, your initial post and works cited/reference should list a total of FOUR course materials.

HERE IS ANOTHER SOURCE: https://www.xojane.com/sex/female-ejaculation-stor…

FORMALLY CITE YOUR SOURCES WITHIN THE BODY OF YOUR INITIAL POST AND YOUR REFERENCE LIST. THIS MEANS: CHOOSE A FORMAL CITATION STYLE (APA, CHICAGO, MLA, ETC) AND USE IN CORRECTLY AND CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE BODY OF YOUR INITIAL POST AND YOUR WORKS CITED/REFERENCE LIST.