The Victorian era, “Passionlessness”, was about the female population being in the dark about their sex lives. Overall, the main idea of “passionlessness” was the tradition ideas and views a woman should act in the bedroom and in public, basically being a mother and wife. For example, a woman should only have sex with her husband, if she goes out the marriage, the husband should get a divorce (Cott 1978). Men view their wives as property and “that the value of property is immeasurably diminished if the woman at any time has sexual relations with anyone other than husband” (Cott 1978). The “passionlessness” said a female was only strong if she could control the opposite sex in social situations, like in their marriage or relationship. The Victorian
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In the Victorian era, the idea of a female pleasing herself was not normal and appeared wrong through society’s eyes. The followers of the “passionlessness” era said only a man could make a female reach their sexual climax. In the Victorian era, everything dealing with the vagina was linked to the penis; it seem like the vagina could not come to life without the help off the male counterpart, the penis. From the reading and lecture, the woman’s body was discussed outside the scope of an “orgasm”. The material from the lecture and reading, took the time to really observe the female body by itself. The information contradicted the Victorian era by addressing myths and giving actually facts. For example, in the lecture of lecture of Female Sexual Anatomy & Physiology, I learned it takes two fingers for anyone to reach a female’s G-Spot (2016). In the eyes of one during the Victorian era, they will reject that idea and make it seem like only a male’s penis could do it. Other information that would challenge ideas like “passionlessness” is lesbianism. Lesbianism is the resistance to male oppression (Gerhard 2000). A woman understands their own gender and their body the best. A woman’s best sexual partner will be herself. Women sexual relations with each other please them in the emotion and physical department. It is like killing two birds with one
In the Victorian era, the idea of a female pleasing herself was not normal and appeared wrong through society’s eyes. The followers of the “passionlessness” era said only a man could make a female reach their sexual climax. In the Victorian era, everything dealing with the vagina was linked to the penis; it seem like the vagina could not come to life without the help off the male counterpart, the penis. From the reading and lecture, the woman’s body was discussed outside the scope of an “orgasm”. The material from the lecture and reading, took the time to really observe the female body by itself. The information contradicted the Victorian era by addressing myths and giving actually facts. For example, in the lecture of lecture of Female Sexual Anatomy & Physiology, I learned it takes two fingers for anyone to reach a female’s G-Spot (2016). In the eyes of one during the Victorian era, they will reject that idea and make it seem like only a male’s penis could do it. Other information that would challenge ideas like “passionlessness” is lesbianism. Lesbianism is the resistance to male oppression (Gerhard 2000). A woman understands their own gender and their body the best. A woman’s best sexual partner will be herself. Women sexual relations with each other please them in the emotion and physical department. It is like killing two birds with one