Response To Anne Koedt's Analysis

According to Anne Koedt, she states that frigidity in women is defined by men as, “the failure of women to have vaginal orgasms (100). She claims there is a distinction between the vaginal and the clitoral orgasms, and even goes as far as to assert that vaginal orgasms do not exist- only the clitoris can accomplish that. The problem with Koedt’s assertion is that she does not delve further into explaining and giving credible sources to her claims. Not only that, there are empirical studies that supports vaginal orgasms, though it is important to note that most of these recent studies emerged after she proposed her theory. Though her claims are incorrect, her attack on the foundation of heterosexuality provoked some curious reexamination of what is considered the only area to achieve orgasm.

Her and other feminist groups generated these critiques as a form of writings instead of research, giving her claims almost no back-bone. Her piece became a feminist classic, however, and provided a way for modern feminism to gradually stabilize their principles of the definition of feminism. One main flaw in Koedt’s excerpt is her massive generalization of women. Koedt believes that women who alleges that they have experienced vaginal stimulation are just unaware of their anatomy, and so they do not understand that their organism stemmed from a different source (105). Although Koedt disagrees and mentions a few sources to demystify the Freudian reasoning concerning vaginal orgasms, she does not implement more credible evidence to support her argument. Basically, it is mostly opinionated, with the exception of her analysis of the female anatomy- but that investigation results in no viable data to indicate the myth of the vagina