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A Woman’s or Women’s Sexual Liberation? A Rhetorical Analysis of Orgasm Gap Discourse on OMGYES

Vanderveen, Taylor
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684777572587071

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2023, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Communication.
Scholars have repeatedly found an orgasm gap in heterosexual relationships that show higher rates for men’s orgasms compared to females. The current study seeks to examine the pro-women's pleasure discourse on the site OMGYES. Using standpoint, materialist, and pro-sex feminism as a lens, I analyze how the orgasm gap is portrayed on OMGYES as well as how pro-women's pleasure discourse on the site portrays the causes and solutions to the orgasm gap. Findings from analysis show an overall celebration of women’s pleasure, anatomy as a tool for women’s orgasms, as well as causes (shame, the dominant sexual script, and the need to redefine ‘sex’), and solutions (knowing your body and specific techniques to try, gender labor, and the romance narrative) to the orgasm gap. Findings illustrate how OMGYES’ rhetoric de-radicalizes pro-sex feminism by both individualizing and instrumentalizing the orgasm gap.
Eric Jenkins, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Heather Zoller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Lynch, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
84 p.
Communication
orgasm gap; OMGYES; Feminist Standpoint Theory; Materialist Feminism; Pro-Sex Feminism

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  • Vanderveen, T. (2023). A Woman’s or Women’s Sexual Liberation? A Rhetorical Analysis of Orgasm Gap Discourse on OMGYES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684777572587071

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vanderveen, Taylor. A Woman’s or Women’s Sexual Liberation? A Rhetorical Analysis of Orgasm Gap Discourse on OMGYES. 2023. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684777572587071.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vanderveen, Taylor. "A Woman’s or Women’s Sexual Liberation? A Rhetorical Analysis of Orgasm Gap Discourse on OMGYES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684777572587071

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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