Jessica Pin
3 min readJun 13, 2018

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Why do you write as if the sexual revolution has in any way led to more sexual assault? This is simply not supported. If you actually have any supporting evidence, you should provide it.

Based on the available data, rates of sexual violence against women actually decrease as women gain more power in society and freedom to pursue their sexual desires.

Available evidence:

  1. Data from the BJS shows rates of sexual violence decreasing from 1994 to 2010. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvsv9410.pdf
  2. There are greater rates of sexual assault in countries with more “traditonal values.”
  3. Closest primate relatives: female-dominated bonobos fuck freely. Male-dominated chimps guard their mates.
  4. Matriarchal cultures are less likely to have a traditional family structure. In a few I read about (I’d have to find it), the children are raised by the male family members of the mother or by the collective community, so there is no need for paternity certainty.
  5. Evolution. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that humans are not wired to be completely monogamous. There are a number of biologic incentives for females to seek multiple mates. Sperm competition may have even driven the shape of penises.
  6. Reports that the sexual revolution has created a much greater change in female than in male sexuality indicate female sexuality was previously suppressed and male sexuality has not changed much. Thus, it would appear that men are no more “dangerous” now than they ever were. Female sexuality continues to be suppressed, as evidenced by high rates of psychologically derived female sexual dysfunction, correlations of fsd with a lack of sexual subjectivity, correlations of fsd with a conservative background, and correlations of fsd with lack of education and lower socioeconomic status.
  7. It isn’t like it ever hasn’t been acceptable for men to seek sex outside of marriage. This just provided demand for prostitutes, a not insignificant group of marginalized women seen as disposable in so-called tradtional cultures. .

You should also consider the benefits of the sexual revolution for women. Namely, it appears most probable that sex is far more pleasurable for women now than in the past.

  1. Google NGram viewer for “clitoris” shows a steady increase over time. From 1960 to 2008, mention of the clitoris has increased by 51%, indicating that the sexual revolution has lead to more female pleasure, which of course means greater quality of life.
  2. Google NGram viewer for “female orgasm” shows an increase over time as well. From 1960 to 2008, it increased by 81%! What you are doing is actually advocating for less female orgasm. And for that, you are an asshole.
  3. Women report greater desire for sex now than in the past. Desire is generally driven by positive rewards, indicating women enjoy sex more now than in the past.
  4. In the past, female orgasm was deemed unimportant by the medical community as soon as they realized it was not necessary for conception. This persisted and continues to influence the medical literature, to a lesser degree, today.
  5. In the past, female sexuality was pathologized. Clitorises were removed, even in the West, as treatment for masturbation, hysteria, and nymphomania, up until the 1950s.

As for the differences in male and female sexuality, which you assume throughout this article, please read this.

Consider also this quote:

“The majority of gender differences in sex- ual behaviors and attitudes are small, indicating that within-gender variation is larger than between-gender variation in reported sexual behaviors and attitudes. When gender differences do exist, research suggests that they are a product of gender differences in biological factors, societal power differentials, and social pressures to respond according to assigned gender roles.”

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Jessica Pin
Jessica Pin

Written by Jessica Pin

Getting clitoral neural anatomy included in OB/GYN textbooks. It was finally added for the first time in July 2019. BME/EE @WUSTL

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