Myths about female and male sexuality has always been an interesting topic to discuss. With development of the society, people created numerous myths that tend to explain the features of the relationship between a man and a woman. Such beliefs often do not have any scientific background and serve to emphasize the supremacy of one’s sex. Thus, it could be stated that the majority of the myths about female and male sexuality does not correspond to the results of the scientific exploration of human sexuality.

After exploring the myths about sexuality of females and males, I realized that such myths could be divided into two categories. The first category includes the myths based on physical traits of females and males. The second category involves the myths based on the psychological features of both sexes. However, after the comparison of these myths with information provided in the chapter 4, I understood that the majority of them lacks scientific evidence.

One of the biggest myths of male sexuality is that the size of the penis is highly dependent on the race, ethnicity, and muscular structure of the body. However, as the studies show, the size of the penis does not specifically depend on the presented traits of a man, but rather on the certain hereditary factors (Schwartz and Kempner 103). Therefore, a common belief that representatives of a certain nationality have larger sex organs is not proven scientifically. Next, there is a myth that a big penis provides better sexual pleasure for the women. However, according to the information given in chapter 4, there is no relationship between the size of the penis and the quality of sexual intercourse, except very extreme and rare cases. Besides the presented sexuality myth, there exists another female sexuality myth, which, in my opinion is false. Some women believe that a big penis is a guarantee of the unbelievable sexual intercourse. However, if to refer to the structure of a vagina, it becomes clear that a long penis causes discomfort and even pain (Schwartz and Kempner 104). Another myth of female sexuality states that all women can learn how to ejaculate (also known as squirt). However, the studies show that female ejaculation is a complicated process that requires good physical shape. In addition, there is a myth that the G-spot is erogenous zone in all women. The studies show that due to the peculiarities of the female genitalia, not every woman can experience pleasure during the stimulation of G-spot (Schwartz and Kempner 109). Thus, it could be stated that the presented myths, based on physical traits, are false since they do not take into consideration biological structure of sex organs.

Another type of myths is based on the psychological peculiarities of males and females. For example, it is believed that men who watch porn could prefer it over the sexual intercourse with their partners. However, according to David Ley, men enjoy porn just as normal sex and do not replace one with another (Kort 2016). According to another myth, women want to have less sexual partners in comparison to men. Actually, according to the scientific experiment of Conley, females and males want to have approximately similar number of partners (Schwartz and Kempner 126). There are many other myths about female and male sexuality; however, in my opinion, these misconceptions are created to show the dominance of one of the sexes. I believe that in the contemporary clearly patriarchal society, the myths about male sexuality are dominant. I am convinced that males strive to express their supremacy in sexual life to emphasize their masculinity and strength over the women. What is more, I believe that the majority of the myths regarding female sexuality, which describe women as less sexually creative, highlights the dominance and creativity of males. Actually, women also experience the desire to try something ‘new’; however, men, being concentrated on themselves, do not pay attention to women’s needs. Thus, I am convinced that the vast majority of myths about female and male sexuality is created to emphasize the dominance of one of the sexes, especially men.

To conclude, the most part of the myths regarding female and male sexuality does not correspond to the scientific evidence. The myths based on the physical features of man and women have no biological background. In my opinion, the myths based on the psychological traits are created to show the supremacy of males.

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