Originally Posted by muttley
I have the same attitude about vaginas. I’ve tried getting involved in other women’s boards for that same purpose but I haven’t found any female counterparts to this forum. Any ideas?
Well, I’m not going to say women aren’t at all interested, but this whole realm is still very new. For example, Elle Magazine interviewed me recently. The interviewer started off by saying she found it fascinating that I encouraged women to develop their own sexual response almost like an athlete. It’s just a novel thing that women are only starting to think about.
As I said before, generally women’s sexual developments lag fifty years behind men. Fifty years ago, in the 1950’s, it was commonly held scientific knowledge, considered incontrovertible fact, that erectile dysfunction was purely psychological in nature, and the only treatment for it was therapy with a psychiatrist, where attitudes about sex, early sexual thoughts, masturbation practices and religious values were all explored. Some crude therapeutic sexual practices, like homework, were prescribed—but really the focus of the problem was the mind.
Now of course we know that’s completely wrong. There are many things that cause ED, most of them related to general health and medications (diabetes, alcoholism, blood pressure medications, etc.) And a simple pill cures ED. Women are still stuck in the 1950’s. Current accepted medical practice for treating female sexual dysfunction is counselling, and some marital strategies often described as “take a bubble bath.” Some doctors are rebelling and prescribe testosterone treatment off-label and trying other tricks, but the overwhelming mindset is “it’s all in her head.” I regularly get attacked by sexual health professionals for my approach. I’m not saying psychology isn’t valuable, but if a woman’s problem is physiologically based, talk isn’t going to help. And if it is psychologically based, getting her body and libido into peak sexual form will only help to break through psychological sexual barriers.
That’s a long-winded way of saying there really isn’t anything out there, aside from some books. I’m not aware of any forums dedicated to women improving their sexual function. I’ve started threads in various places on the topic, but there isn’t a central location, except I suppose forums for commercial products. I think the Kegelmaster 2000 website has a forum, but of course the focus is just on that one product, not exploring all the options a woman has available. Fsdinfo.org is mostly focused on testosterone replacement therapy. Newshe.com has that somewhat, but really it’s a general female sexual dysfunction board dealing with serious issues like vaginismus, vestibulitis, and intact hymen,etc. More a focus on fixing problems than positive improvement.
Some good books are For Women Only by the Bermans and Susan Rako’s book, but those have more to do with what a doctor can do to help women, although they do cover the basics of female physiology. Lou Paget and Barbara Keesling come at it from the other direction—mostly focused on sexual technique, they do also mention exercises women can do to improve things on her own.
But really I’m unique. As far as I know.