Do women explore the feelings of their body well enough without feeling ashamed with their sexuality? In a patriarchal society, women are not allowed to be sexual in the same way as men. Many women learned to hide their erotic feelings unless when they use it in the service of men. Back in the days, men got all the privileges in the society. Men can be aggressive, dominant and sexual while women can only be someone who submits her whole life to the husband. If a women expresses her erotic feelings outside of their bedroom, she will be seen as a whore or someone who is not part of the society. Some societies cut women’s clitoris so they will not feel any sensations or pleasures during sex. Women sometimes do not know how to address the things
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Erotic is defined as both female and spiritual. Erotic is a depth feeling that the old society was trying to oppress. When a woman understands this feeling and embraces it, she can use it as a source of power and knowledge. This kind of power that is way beyond what sex means. You can experience “the power of the erotic” in your daily life. From what I understood in the essay, this kind of erotic feeling is like when you feel the cold breeze rushing through your skin that also carries the leaves that had fallen off of a tree which gives you a sign that autumn is here. There are many way that you could feel “the power of the erotic” in your life that would make you feel more alive in this world. Lorde in her essay also separates erotic from pornography because many people can still get confused with these two terms --erotic is the opposite of pornography. Erotic again is a depth feeling while pornography is all about sensations only. The essay was written before the second wave of women begun. Women do not know how to address the things that they feel with their bodies. Lesbians may already been existed in the society but because the society’s oppression, they probably did not know that they are lesbians. Women became free to express their true feelings because of all the movements that fought for their rights in the society. Now, women are more open to explore their bodies and the feeling of their
Erotic is defined as both female and spiritual. Erotic is a depth feeling that the old society was trying to oppress. When a woman understands this feeling and embraces it, she can use it as a source of power and knowledge. This kind of power that is way beyond what sex means. You can experience “the power of the erotic” in your daily life. From what I understood in the essay, this kind of erotic feeling is like when you feel the cold breeze rushing through your skin that also carries the leaves that had fallen off of a tree which gives you a sign that autumn is here. There are many way that you could feel “the power of the erotic” in your life that would make you feel more alive in this world. Lorde in her essay also separates erotic from pornography because many people can still get confused with these two terms --erotic is the opposite of pornography. Erotic again is a depth feeling while pornography is all about sensations only. The essay was written before the second wave of women begun. Women do not know how to address the things that they feel with their bodies. Lesbians may already been existed in the society but because the society’s oppression, they probably did not know that they are lesbians. Women became free to express their true feelings because of all the movements that fought for their rights in the society. Now, women are more open to explore their bodies and the feeling of their