Why Woman Pleasure Matters – And Always Has

Women's pleasure isn’t new. It isn’t radical. It isn’t a luxury. It’s biology, it’s history, and it’s long overdue for the spotlight.

The Power Culture Tried to Erase

The clitoris exists for pleasure. It’s a fundamental part of anatomy that culture has systematically erased from education, media, and medicine. Why? Because a woman in tune with her own joy is a woman in control. And that’s something patriarchal systems have always found threatening.

The truth is, societies have always feared what they couldn’t control. And a woman fully in touch with her pleasure? That’s power.

History Remembers - Even If Patriarchy Doesn’t

Historical Insight: Ancient texts like the Kama Sutra celebrated woman pleasure as divine. It wasn’t until colonial and patriarchal systems took over that shame replaced celebration. We didn’t lose our power - we were taught to forget it.

Today, woman pleasure is still treated like a bonus, not a basic right. That thinking seeps into how we’re educated, how we’re treated in relationships, even how our healthcare system dismisses our pain and pleasure alike.

Why Woman Pleasure Matters (Still)

This isn’t just about orgasms. It’s about what they represent:

• Pleasure reduces stress and improves mental health

• Knowing your body increases self-confidence and sexual safety

• Speaking up for your pleasure builds emotional intimacy

  

Pleasure Is Power – And It’s Contagious

When one woman reclaims her pleasure, it creates a ripple effect. Her boldness becomes another woman's permission. Her self-knowing becomes another woman’s curiosity. Her boundaries become another woman’s liberation. This is how generational change begins: with pleasure that refuses to be silenced, hidden, or shamed.

This isn’t about being sexy. It’s about being whole.

If we keep leaving woman pleasure out of the conversation, we keep leaving women out of their own lives.

Your Permission Slip to Prioritize Yourself

Let this be your call to reclaim what’s always been yours:

• Explore your desires

• Talk about what feels good

• Teach your partner - don’t just tolerate

• Say no, say more, say exactly what you want

Reclaim what’s always been yours. Because when woman pleasure is centered, women thrive. And that’s a world we all benefit from.

Woman pleasure matters. And we’re done pretending it doesn’t.

—The PMS Log

Citations

• Sharma, M. & Khanna, A. (2021). "Female sexual orgasm in the Indian context." Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture, 7(2), 9 16. Available at: https://ijhsc.info/index.php/ijhsc/article/view/163. IJHSC+1

  
  

• Abhivant, N. & Sawant, N. S. (2013). "Sexual dysfunction in depressed Indian women attending a hospital outpatient department in Mumbai." Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 4(1), 10 13. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v4i1.5717.