The uncomplicated truth about women's sexuality | Sarah Barmak

Is women's sexuality more complicated than men's? Well, not really, no, says author Sarah Barmak. In this frank, eye-opening talk, she shows how a flawed understanding of the female body has shaped this discussion for centuries. She debunks some age-old myths (you're welcome) and offers a richer definition of pleasure that gets closer to the simple truth about women's sexuality.

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[cafned]

I clicked on this video because of the promise of an "uncomplicated truth". What I received was nothing like that.

[slovokia]

“Untested genital injections” sounds like the name of a punk rock band.

[ZardozXerxes]

Genital mutilation is not a thing of the past & it is still being practiced in many places around the world today, as you are reading this a woman's (or more likely young girl's) genitals are being mutilated.

[amill]

Why does everyone in Ted Talks talk with the same rhythm or fashion?

[MrBAlex]

Hate it when Ted bring journalists. I want to see people who have been dedicating their lives (for many many years) to better understand something and hear their findings !

[latinaalma]

Sadly this uninformative mishmash of vagueness: history, philosophy and political gender ism on the most trivial level, is what you get when an unqualified journalist enters a subject they don't understand either on a physiological level or a psychological one...WHO selected this person for such a TED talk? Being female just isn't qualification enough in this case....There is an entire body of literature going back to before KInsey and Masters and Johnson et. al that this woman is totally unaware of. Signed a PhD female psychologist

[tanviohol]

This is so important. There are so many women who feel ashamed and embarassed to talk bout their sexual dysfunctions in our society. Hope women will be more open bout their sexuality

[titlespree]

Female sexuality seems complicated only because it has an enigma to it.. But the truth is that its quite as simple as men's sexuality.. More or less!

[christinemacmacleod]

Love the sculpture from the Cliteracy Project. Someone should turn it into a pin. I would proudly wear one.

[fletcher]

im sorry, but who's telling women "the most important thing you can do is look sexy?" i have literally never heard of anybody even vaguely making that implication to anybody ever, nice work making a "men hate women so i hate men" video tho, great way to promote equality and understanding

[Flingafu]

"Thats's right! Something we think of today as female genital mutilation, was practiced in the west, as late as the 20th century." Cool story bro! Theres still MASS male genital mutilation being traditionally practiced at hospitals and by medical professionals and priests TODAY. For some reason it's called circumcision, not male genital mutilation.

[TheGuggo]

Did anybody heard the “uncomplicated truth”?

[alinaowen]

I feel like I already watched this, months ago

[Buzzedd]

Not every man is an idiot and doesn't care about his partner.
Some of us actually ask what she likes, wants to try, curious about, what she wants most out of it.
Personally, my favorite part is pleasing her, I get pleasure by giving her pleasure and I honestly don't care if I get happy ending or not.

[StefanTravis]

She misses the point of her own insight. Women's sexuality isn't linear? Guess what, neither is men's.

A woman describes men as being so simple they describe women as simple. Perhaps she's not good with irony.

[SR-kdwi]

Legend has it...
Two years ago...
A video on the same topic...
By the same speaker...
On TedX

[sec_Ideas]

FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CUT THE BULLSHIT AND GO TO THE TOPIC - IT STARTS AT 07:00 :D

[ieaturanium]

there is nothing to take away from this video

[Merto]

Wait. If there are female anatomists and scientists why are you still relying on men to map your paraphernalia

[lindhacker]

Why is she blaming men?!!
Shouldnt she blame the women who are full of tabu and I must say: Its the lack of female researchers thats the real problem...
To all women: Stop blaming men, and get your freak on!