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From Her.meneutics

THE REAL PROBLEM WITH FEMALE MASTURBATION

Call it what it is: Ladies who lust.
Jordan Monge, guest writer|April 23, 2014

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It's refreshing to finally hear women talking about female masturbation. Given
the social stigma around the topic, it can be difficult just to bring it up.

Unfortunately, too often the conversation doesn't overcome the unhelpful
stereotypes about the female sex drive…or lack thereof. Time and time again,
Christian leaders explain that women masturbate because they want to "fill a
void" or have "attachment issues." These emotional generalizations fail to get
at the real problem.

When men talk about masturbation (or at least what I have heard and read),
everyone pretty much settles on the basics: It's hard to practice self-control.
It's hard to resist indulging in lust. Really hard. Few men try to psychoanalyze
the process, explaining masturbation away by realizing that they secretly have
underlying issues relating to real women. (Though, it's true that many men do
struggle to relate to real women in the flesh, if the movie Her is any
indication.) Men realize that even if they do resolve those relational issues
with women or somehow meet their "unmet needs," that won't solve their real
problem. Their real problem is lust.

Many conversations about female masturbation—including some here on
Her.meneutics—are missing that realization. Women are sometimes actually drawn
to masturbation and pornography because they desire sexual pleasure. Rather than
escaping emotional issues, they simply struggle with lust. In sermons and blog
posts, pastors give examples of men committing idolatry by looking at
pornography, and women committing idolatry by desiring romance, flagrantly
ignoring the number of women who suffer from porn addictions.

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