Stepping Out of My "Comfort Zone" Challenge: Exploring Feminine Sexuality

in nocomfortzone •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Challenged by @thekittygirl.
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The lovely @thekittygirl nominated me for this amazing #nocomfortzone challenge and it definitely is a good one. The ladies in one of my group chats got together one day and we started to discuss feminine sexuality, at my urgings of course. I can be naughty at times as some of you may know.

This happened to be a serious conversation about how women are raised to not speak about sexuality, and the fears this may produce considering many men may feel we are a slut, especially if we get too explicit in our feelings. Some women call this slut shaming. During this conversation I brought up that I was hesitant to express my true feelings and thoughts about sexuality due to judgments.

These loving women who shall remain nameless encouraged me to take it slow and open up at my own pace. Maybe just talking about how I was raised with extreme Christian restrictions or expressing my need for modesty first. I love these women for helping me get through a block I had at that moment.

Since then I have written a couple of #freewrite pieces to help me get warmed up to gather my thoughts and feelings about feminine sexuality.

In all honesty I love sex and I love talking about the subject. If I could I would talk about it all day, maybe because I feel it is a natural way of expression and being human, or just because I have always loved physical expression. I love any form of art including dance, painting, or playing a musical instrument. These forms of self expression are the wonders of the world in my mind.

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When I lived in New York City, I would walk for hours in any given gallery in amazement. The art and the culture found in The City is immeasurable. My favorite was going to the theater, we all have our own favorite form of art, and theater is mine. I was fortunate to have seen so many actors express sexuality through body language and works of art. I feel truly blessed to have the life experiences I have enjoyed.

While taking a series of American Sign Language classes I was able to watch the Vagina Monologues, with a sign language interpreter. This went with our class section of human sexuality in sign. For the first time I felt appreciation for being a woman and something akin to pride after that performance. This play along with the show Sex In The City changed the way women would communicate sex in future generations. These women paved the way for women to be "allowed" self-expression. The shame was slowly leaving my soul and body.

Child feminine sexuality

I was not raised to express sexuality, if I think about it I was punished. I was always a very shy girl, an only child, and unable to express my feminine sexuality. I was always embarrassed and ashamed of my body. Even when I lived in Japan and Korea and visited nude bath houses at a young age I was hardly able to keep my head up as we walked naked through the women's only bath houses. This was a very precarious time for me. I grew to do what I needed to but I could not get over the shame of my body.

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Do not get me wrong here, I always masturbated and loved Playboy magazines. I masturbated probably from the time I was five years old and my male cousin introduced me to the Playboy magazines hidden away in my aunt's closet. We even had the innocent cousin hump now and again until my aunt caught us and we were punished. Forever banished to explore our sexuality, at least with members of the family. Don't judge.

Sometimes my cousin and I would sneak a peak to view my aunt and uncle having sex but it was under the covers and nothing to be learned. Quite boring really. Watching my parents was a no no, at least from my perspective. I just could not stomach hearing my mother in ecstasy. Yuck. But hey if you are into that, I am not one to form an opinion.

As a child, most of the time my mother (who had been molested as a baby) would keep our doors locked and push a dresser in front of the bedroom door. She lived in fear of men and some of this fear permeated into my world until I was able to shake it years later. It is my feeling that these situations bring about many issues and blocks for anyone later on in life. It takes a lot to move past this and let it go.

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There were attempts to molest me as a child but I was a very strong and an angry little girl. I honestly bit some old man's lip when he tried to pump my bottom while I sat on his lap and he tried kiss me. I was nine years old. That man never came around the house again. A supposed "friend of the family." I look back now and just shake my head and admire that young girl. What a little lion that girl was and remained.

Budding feminine sexuality

Moving forward in time, I had plenty of men after me and chasing me down the streets of San Francisco, especially at a young age. This started when I was 12 years old and has not stopped. I was very young when a man offered me $100 dollar bills while walking through Mission Street. I recall feeling very sick to my stomach and wanting to smash the guys face in -- shrugs. What I say to all men is that unless a girl has something going on in her life doing that does not get a girl sexually excited. Men should really know better if you ask me.

Throughout my teens male dominance towards me was everywhere. Not only on the streets but on buses, in high school, and pretty much everywhere I went that boys and men were trying to pick me up. I always had a feeling it was about male control than anything real. There were older men, men who were quite handsome, rich men, men who were poor, some rather unattractive men but either way I was not interested. Some part of me felt objectified and this turned me off completely. I closed off sex at that point and was not interested. Except for masturbation, that was always my friend.

I had many crushes and fantasies of boys and girls in high school but I just did not feel I was capable of mentally handling a relationship or even just sex. I was still ashamed of my body and held back any form of emotions toward my feminine sexuality. I constantly felt awkward and alone, it was a rough time period so I focused my attention on roaming the streets of San Francisco alone and reading romance novels.

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As I grew older I met a young man when I was 20 years old, I guess I figured it was time to try out the physical aspect of sex and it was not that great. I sort of fell for the line, "I'll only put it in a little bit," but of course a little bit is enough. He was uncircumcised and not very clean, he had no idea what he was doing even though he felt he knew it all. I was turned off yet again. I found out this is pretty much the thought pattern of most men, they feel they have the biggest dick and can make any woman cum. Sadly, this is not the case at least this has not been the case with me. The majority of the time men are not very good at sex.

Young adult feminine sexuality

I have had my sexual excursions with a few men, but none that made an impression. Some were okay but most were not that great. As a young 20 year old sexuality was completely turned when I "found religion," and I swore off sex for the sanctity of celibacy until I got married. I was eight years celibate, but since I'm being honest I have to say that masturbation was still an added pleasure that I entertained once in awhile.

During that time I had thought a lot about what feminine sexuality meant to me. It was the realization that if only our partners (whether it be men or women) understood that having good sex means actually feeling the touch of someone and reaching inside the soul, well that is what makes for amazing sex. Some swear lovemaking is really worth waiting for, well I am here to say that if sex is done right there is nothing wrong with that either.

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Woman feminine sexuality

When us women are honest with ourselves and are opened up by that one special person, and our soul cries out in ecstasy and orgasm that is the point worth living for! This is an amazing feeling. Do not kid yourselves guys, women love sex and when we meet that man that opens us up we give it all and want more and more and more. We cannot get enough.

I briefly met a man where the sex was okay but he was not a good man. He was not a kind soul and we parted ways after a very brief relationship. Sometimes when someone is not a kind person, well the sex just isn’t good. Let’s face it we need sex. About the best sexual encounter I had with him was when we masturbated each other in a parked car in a parking lot. Maybe it was the aspect of possibly getting caught that made it so erotic. Overall, the connection died quickly. Feminine sexuality needs a special touch or it will die.

Unleasing the lioness feminine sexuality

Later on in my sexual journey I met David and he was pretty much the Adonis every woman thinks she will find and love forever. Well, I have to say that David popped the doors off my Mustang. Don’t ask me why I picked that car, I’m a Cali girl after all. The love and sex was everything that us girls imagine it will be like. I did everything with this man and I could not get enough. I would go into explicit detail but I will write that up in my little sex #freewrite episodes. Some of the stories are based on truth and those are experiences I had with David.

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Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to have sex with a woman, but in all honesty the only thing that might interest me are big tits. Should I say breasts at this point ... I dunno. I like saying big titties better. I do wonder what it would be like to suck on a beautiful nipple and bring a woman to orgasm. I am not sure I could go all the way with sucking on a clit or fucking her with a dildo. As you can see, I have watched my fair share of porn.

I never engaged in an orgy. Although I have had a few opportunities. Of all things some Mormon kids in high school would get together and fuck in the back of a truck or after school at someone’s home. I wasn’t that attracted to them to begin with, so all bets were off.

Another invitation I happened upon was a private invite to a huge party in New York City where everyone was fucking away on all floors and pretty much everything was a Go. I just sort of watched as men did men, women did women, women and men. Thank goodness no animals were present. I did find the scene pretty hot. Drugs were everywhere and all sexes were just going at it from all directions. It was basically open season. I guess for some that would mean I was a lucky girl, but in all honesty I have a thing against fluids. From that experience I did feel my sexual femininity raise a few bars.

The fluid issue I have must stem from my years of being around AIDS patients in San Francisco, but all in all I love me some gays and sex. I do not judge and to me I do not care who has sex. Love is love. I have learned over the years that I am very accepting of people no matter what their sexual choices. I love sex so why shouldn't everybody else? I do not want to be forced into a cause but I certainly am for anyone wanting a right to their freedom to choose.

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This writing started with my hesitancy to share my sexuality and at the same time being feminine. Coming out of the #nocomfortzone. The openness I feel about how women in society are judged, yet when we express our feeling we may be called a slut. I have met more women in my life that feel and talk worse then men. We love sex and this is a large part of being human.

Hopefully, one day women will be given the freedom to speak in a way that is open about our true feminine sexuality without any judgments or as if we have to be in the #nocomfortzone. We are woman. Peace.

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This is an excellent #nocomfortzone post! Kudos to you for opening up to the challenge so beautifully! You have certainly exposed one of the most frustrating double-standards for women, that we are often branded as a "slut" — for being human! — by daring to broach the topic of sexuality.

Strict religious upbringing teaches us to have shame for our bodies and makes us dysfunctional creatures. That makes understanding of our own selves more difficult; and how can we expect a man to know what we need/want if we, ourselves, don't understand or know it...?!?!?

It is only by breaking the paradigms others impose on us and being true to ourselves that happiness can be attained — not only regarding sexuality, but in other areas of life as well.

BRAVO for a well-written and well-executed response to the challenge, and I thank you for participating and sharing a bit more of your beautiful soul with us!

Thank you so much my dear friend, I miss you buckets and I’m happy you read my post. Our old group and people helped me raise it a knotch and I couldn’t have done it without you.
Needs and wants ughhh yes so hard
Paradigms! Yes... preach!
True to self is key. :)
Love you Kitty 😘

Another masterwork of a post dear @eaglespirit :c)

Yes, there is nothing quite like a discussion of sexuality to take ourselves out of our comfort zones (although I do imagine that this is not true for all of us).

Some of the elements that you speak of I am not familiar with. Since I am just another guy I didn't and don't have the dubious pleasure of being hit upon at every turn. I have to admit that there have been times that this has been disappointing - but I guess most girls are both more sensible and simply don't swing that way (though there was that one person a very long time ago who went out of her way to get me drunk - likely a missed opportunity). :c)

In all honesty I feel that women sometimes 'expect' me to be a jerk - and often find myself crawling into my proverbial shell as eyes scan the pavement as I walk past. It kind of feels like I carry a portion of the guilt of those less "gentlemanly" of my gender.

Other elements I am more familiar with - such as the feeling of body shame. I've always been a little plump but between a large birthmark at the hip, an overall discomfort with the changes in hair "distribution" - and a procedure that brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'pain in the butt' for many years...

I have long since accepted that even if I might not be unattractive - I am "damaged".

On a different note - it is refreshing to hear of one who is less inclined to judge those who have tried something 'unorthodox' or who might even have certain such tastes. I personally do believe that some of them are due to a supply problem - as in, a person would be less inclined to engage in them if they had a more regular avenue via which to unleash their sexuality. I digress.

I think that it was very brave of you to write about this. You nailed it and I trust and hope that you feel a little more liberated than even the norm. :c)

Wishing you well always!

My dear friend, thank you for your kind words of supooort. I had to go back and do quite a bit of editing but you got me! Lol
Yes sex is so interesting and exploratitative. Judgment is for pussies, not literally. :p
I am sorry that some of this brought up your own feelings but know that you are loved, we all are and I thank you for always being there for near dear heart.
I feel a little liberated, especially after my short stories. That broke it in ... lol

Artwork never apologizes for evoking emotions - though an artist might. Its alrighteither way and standing by your art and words can sometimes be very important. :c)

It is a healthy exercise to consider subjects that some consider taboo to discuss openly. Preconceptions can otherwise solidify into dogma and dogma does little-to-nothing to improve peoples' lives.

I am glad that this share has made you feel better. ^_^

Take care dear @eaglespirit. Hugs

Thank you so much dearest. I find your words always encouraging and loving and I always thank you for that. You are so very special to me and I admire you greatly. xx Eagle

The admiration is mutual and you certainly are a rare breed. ^_^

Take care dear @eaglespirit! xx

is rare breed a good thing? lol

i look forward to chatting ... Eagle xx

I personally think so. ^_^

Same here! xx

Okay glad to hear that, I was stopped in my tracks for a sec. :p

Cheers to embracing your femininity

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You are simply amazing and if no one has scooped you up yet then consider yourself a part of my pack. Joining a group will help although your art stands on its own. Thank you for uplifting and encouring me with your beauty. xoxo I belong to a free discord’s so just tell me what you’d be looking for and I can help.

Thank you so much... A pack to grow with, is exactly what I'm looking for! My Discord is artzanolino #4769.

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Abrazzo!

I love the hummingbird!! yay!!

Bravo! :D

Hey dont use MBC to comment Anj will come after you! buahahahhaha

Nice. Thank you for sharing. Ohhh wow what a nice photo of you. Very attractive. I get the whole celibate thing, I'm coming up on 9 years now since I've been with another. Some may think that odd for a guy, but I still have some self respect and a functioning moral compass. Blessings to you.

Hey ! Thank you so much Spoz!
Thank you for sharing an intimate detail and I get it totally, like 100. I went through two terms of it and both were needed. Hugs brother. xx

Wow Eagle. That's an amazing and truthful and brave account of your sexuality. Your honesty is what really comes across well and I'm sure it'll encourage other women to show the same strength.

Holy shit! You nominated me! You know I'm British, right XD

Okay, I'll see what I can do.

This was awesome BTW. And you're beautiful.

Love
Anj x

Thanks!! I’m so grateful of your words that this may help other women. Buahahahhaha re nominated
Bam ... savage !!!
No you are beau-ful ... in american slang voice
Love Eagle xx

Aw thanks Eagle
love
Anj xxx

yw anj
love
eagle xx

Oh ES this is such a masterful article. I know how good you as a writer but this is really good.

Sexuality is taboo in a predominantly Catholic Philippines. Then you add a huge parochial society of double standards that if a guy sleeps around he is considered "Macho" but if a woman had more than 1 partner in her lifetime she is considered a "slut"

I remember this one administrative hearing I attended about sexual harassment and one of the idiots on the panel asked the woman what was she wearing. I nearly lost it and wanted to throw a chair to the person.

You talking about your sexuality makes us see your human side. I love it ES.

Wow I love that you shared your feelings and it means so
Much to me that you get it. I have a newfound respect for you and I’m so happy you are part of our pack! Thank you so very much Mave. xx Eagle

Fantastic read! Worth a second look also, so much to digest. In my experience most of the "slut shaming" is done by other females. The few times I have seen men do it, well, let's just say it was entirely hypocritical. I really liked THIS PIC ;)
Cute pic
{LINKING, not COPYING your pic displays the pic}
There! I figured out a way to Link it w/o Displaying it
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Maybe that is because you are a man? But, no the slut shaming does not mostly come from women -- I have rarely seen a woman call another woman a slut, and why did you copy my photo when I asked you not to ...
From what some people do when a woman asks them not to is flag and block them .. from what I have seen lately.
Yeah, kinda "hypocritical" as you mentioned ... :p

ALWAYS SUPPORTING YOU IN YOUR WORK...

This one must have started out difficult but you nailed a Home Run, imo

As far as the male hypocrisy goes, that
reminds me of a "joke" which is all too true... to a guy!
I cannot remember the exact terms used but both are derogatory,
so I will just tell it like this:

What is the difference between a (type1) and a (type2)?
Type1 will sleep with Anybody, Type2 will sleep with
ANYBODY BUT YOU!

~ as told from the Male Perspective of course

thank you so much @underground! did you see evan cracked up bc i left that note .. and you sure did copy and paste and still linked it .. smh
yeah joke sounds bad .. but i was referring to the other day when your girlfriend posted for a guy not to do something and he did it and someone (you) flagged and kicked him. buahahahaahah ..

meaning, i asked you not to do it and you did it!! SMH double standards undie!!

thank you for the support. xx Eagle

Will ya Stop with the "girlfriend talk" someone's bound to get the wrong idea about me, Eagle-Baby :P lol

Buahahah ... i'll let it alone ... we know whats up :p lol

Very nicely done. Sexuality, and especially female sexuality is not something that should be so stigmatized. I think in the cities it is not a problem, it feels so open. And as free as the internet is, it is quite the opposite in terms of the kinds of backlash you might get (especially when it's anonymous). I'm glad that steemit is a platform where it is easier to do so, and you aren't likely to see terrible comments as you might expect from say YouTube.

On a lighter note, my brain exploded when you said your free writes may be close to the truth ;P . Amazing stuff! Also laughing at the mention of undie at the end. Didn't notice that until the third time around. (Yeah, it's out of my comfort zone and wasnt sure how to write a good comment but wanted to).

:D

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You are so kind Eon, this is why everyone loves you so much! I appreciate your words of "should not be stigmatized," yes very true that cities are so much more open. I have not encountered too many comments on youtube or seen them thank goodness. fb for sure! lol
i would never dare to post something like this ... brain exploded buahahaahahahah
i am so glad you are laughing ... i can see you now .. third time .. dang!!!
i am so happy you did and a very thoughtful and kind comment too, thank you so very much! xx Eagle

Great post, sexuality is not discussed or normalized enough -- if it were there would be more good sex to be had, haha. My mom was always really open about sexuality, so I grew up knowing how to talk about sex and it wasn’t until way later that I realized what a gift that was. It’s so important for women to talk about their needs in this arena!

It certainly is not! More good sex more good sex please! Lolzzzzz
Mine was too after the fear subsided. Funny thing about fear is it’s usually an underlying issue.
So important to talk! Amen

this is amazing. im probably the least bit open person when it comes to talking about sex and sexuality haha. i was raised in a very conservative household (baptist preachers daughter growing up.....yeah, that bad lol). but i have grown immensely over the years in opening up and expressing my sexuality in ways i feel comfortable. im a very private person, so i dont think ill be joining the ranks and talking about it so publicly, but its nice to think about :) i actually identify as pansexual, meaning gender is kind of left out of the picture in terms of attraction. i have a certain personality type i am attracted to - and when its clear, its clear! lol. i have tended to date quite a few more girls than guys in the past years, but its never been something ive sought out on purpose. i havent seen the V monologues but i really want to! probably the most eye opening experience for me was going to burningman. i thought i'd not enjoy it for being overly open/sexual/drugs etc - but i actually loved it and have even been back twice and would love to go more but its so far away and expensive lol.

anyway thanks for sharing - i aspire to your level of openness with the world :) <3

Hey there,

Thank you for the lovely post, you are amazing and sweet!
So again you’d have to be nominated and it doesn’t have to be about sex. We are all private, especially regarding the no comfort zone. That’s why it is what it is. Yay girls! I’ve had many friends feel as you do regarding gender and it’s refreshing. Many of my cousins are the same. No judgment here. Yeah burningman would be great for me too, cost !! Agreed.

Well shit, girl. If that aint some full out blazen honesty!! In fact it makes me realize how much of a scared prude I still am. I know its not a contest and we all have our tastes but you ripped out the sexuality oppenness race and became HBIC lol.

I agree about the mom thing, we have a lot of similarities there. Funnily enough i haven't been hit on as often as you and yet I was literally scared of men/penises for years!! funny, right?

Anyway, great job telling your truths. Some of it was hard for me to read and im not sure why. But im glad its challenging me to figure out why that is??? Like your pic is normal man woman sex i guess but to me it feels so aggressive and demoralizing--- so im like where is that from? because i legit have never been violently raped. Spanked by my stepdad but not raped... Anyway sorry back to you and your awesome openness that is challenging me !! hahaha... love and respect sis

honesty is policy. we are who we are ... thank you for reading and commenting.
i wanted to share this with you, since you were one of the ones to help me get rid of some blocks. love you and respect to you too sis. xx

Thank you for your honesty and openness, and for stepping out of your comfort zone.

Thank you didic!! Very kind of you to say.

looks enjoyable :)

Hah, funny.

Wow! What a wonderful post! I was drawn in by each and every word. Your honesty just touches me so deeply. Your sexual feelings are so human, as well as warm and loving! It is too bad that religion and society has made those things feel dirty and something to be guilty about.

Hugs
Roger

Hey friend, I’m
So honored by your words and take them to my heart. Thank you so very much! Xoxo
Yeah religion and society suck!! Dirty is worse and guilt. Bah. Hugs

I grew up Catholic, so of course masturbation was my top sin in my weekly confession. Why is anything that feels good a sin?

exactly! i grew up catholic too and yeah the total confusion of it all ... guilt. sad.

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