Posted March 8, Reviewed by Davia Sills. In fact, Bridgerton may be the healthiest and most honest representation of female sexuality ever depicted in a popular TV show. Here is what a typical heterosexual sex scene looks like in the media: The couple kisses, they undress, the man inserts his penis, a few thrusts, and they both scream out in orgasmic ecstasy.
The problem with this depiction is that it suggests it is normal for a woman to 1 orgasm as a result of vaginal penetration and 2 orgasm at the exact same time as her male partner. Both of these assumptions are flat-out wrong. In fact, the clitoris is made of the exact same material that forms the male penis and it has twice as many pleasurable nerve endings as the penis.
According to the excellent book Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, research indicates that 70 percent of women do not orgasm during penetration 70 percent! Guys, can you imagine having sex without including your penis in the process?
Well, now you know how women feel when their primary sex organ is left out of the game. The writers of Bridgerton seem to know this fact quite well. If sex is to be mutually pleasurable for men and women, it often needs to include clitoral stimulation in some form. One reason why we rarely see clitoral stimulation scenes in the media may have to do with ratings. In general, the MPAA rates films with scenes of cunnilingus female oral sex as more explicit than films with scenes of fellatio male oral sex.
This subtle distinction communicates a message that seeing a woman in pleasure is more sexually explicit than seeing a man in pleasure from the same act. Male sexuality is the norm; female sexuality is the extreme. We are two decades into the new millennium, and yet it is still rare for a show or movie to show female masturbation.
