The Double Edged Sword of the Powerful Sexual Woman

Puritanical beliefs and society must change before we can open ourselves to a brighter future.

Image used with permission from Unsplash Taylor Harding — photographer

We live in a society that expects women to be highly sexual and sexually attractive. But not in a way that is for her, but for him. This isn’t all encompassing, thankfully. There are allies. Men, women, and thems who don’t subscribe to these antiquated beliefs of sexual women being seen but not heard, women being available for sexual pleasure, but only on his terms.

Unfortunately, those allies are rare.

Is it any wonder women are feeling trapped?

We’ve been told to be sexually attractive, yet, when we show this in public, we’re called brazen and bold.

We’ve been taught to want sex the way men supposedly want sex; all the time, day and night, though research shows, we want it just as much. We’re just not allowed to say it.

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