Sexology: avoiding phallocentric and coitocentric models
At the beginning of December the XIV Spanish Congress of SexologyAmong other topics, the need to avoid phallocentric and coitocentric models was discussed.
Then Elena Iracheta, clinical psychologist and sexologist from the Women's Unit, reflects on this issue, supporting the conclusion reached at this meeting of specialists.
Conclusions on sexology by Elena Iracheta, psychologist at the UDM
Since ancient times, the penis (phallus) has been considered a symbol of domination and power. The man, who controls, is the owner of the penis, and the one who exercises power in sexual relations and in society in general… The same has occurred with intercourse, It seemed that sex was reduced to copulation. The sole purpose of sexual intercourse was this. There was no other.
It is in this context that the general pattern of sexual relations that would be stagnant in masculinizing stereotypes where the subject of the discourse is the man, the male.
Over the last few years, these roles have been changing. Sex is now a two-person affair. Women have claimed their active role in it, their desires and their capacity to feel pleasure exactly the same as man.
Beyond intercourse…
Sex is more than just intercourse, is the pleasure that two people achieve in the fullest sense of the word... It's what they achieve by joining their bodies, beyond the simple act of sex. It includes a multitude of aspects, such as seduction, admiration, complicity, appreciation of the other, kissing, oral sex, masturbation... and cannot and should not be limited to a single element, such as the penis or intercourse.
Article published by the clinical psychologist Elena Iracheta Ruiz.
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