Pigs And Twats By Zoe Eakle And The Sexual Girl Within

Childhood sexuality is scarcely talked about, even in feminist texts. So, being able to compare two pieces of literature which touch on this seemingly risqué topic is a rare occurrence. Both Pigs and Twats by Zoe Eakle and The Sexual Girl Within by Caitlin Fisher provide accurate representations of childhood sexualities, because they derive from personal narratives, and therefor are authentic. The former of the aforementioned texts tells the story of a young girl who approaches sex as a fact of life, which she is curious to learn about and is not shy to ask for the information she need. She is blunt, as she tells the reader that from the age of five that she has referred to her vagina as a “twat” (Eakle, 25). She is unashamed of her sexuality, which differs from Fisher’s narrative which shows her understanding of the controversial notion of sex, as she tries to hide it: “...I worry what her mother will say to us so flushed, tingling, panting into the garage, clutching a small boy’s shirt” (Fisher, 62). This being said, another key difference between the two works centers around Eakle’s perceived innocence surrounding sexuality, due to the fact that it is mostly curiosity, compared to Fisher, whose experience with sexuality was much more lived and often violent. Another key differentiation is the understanding of the connection between pleasure and sexuality …show more content…
For Eakle, the young girl, even though her communication with her parents and learning from sexual education books, has trouble with this connection: “I tried to equate the pig dance with something pleasurable like