I'm Empowered!

It seems like I’m the only girl that wants to talk about female empowerment. Is it wrong that I’m comfortable with my body? Is it wrong that I don’t need (and most of the time don’t want) a man? Is it wrong that I masturbate? Is it wrong that I’m a sexual being? Or is it wrong that I’m independent? Honestly, most of the time, it seems like it is.

As females we’re told to stay away from our privates because their “dirty” or “wrong”. We’re condemned to poor sexual education and even encouraged to believe that anything that feels good is “evil”. It’s a sin, they say. It’s evil and disgusting and perverse and unnatural and ungodly. In some countries, they even remove the clitoris from their children. All the while, our voices are being repressed and we’re made to believe that perhaps we, as people, are evil because of our urges.

Meanwhile, at school, if you enjoy kissing and touching and caressing and (ahem) sucking guys, then you’re considered a slut, while guys enjoy it with not so much as a second look. I suppose it’s just wrong for girls to feel pleasure, and maybe that’s why it’s so hard to shake off the double standard. It’s been going on since the beginning of time, and as they say, old habits die hard.

But you know what? It has to change sometime and it might as well start with me. I’ll shout it from the rooftops. I’m comfortable with myself. I masturbate and I kiss and caress and touch and (ahem) suck guys, and I’m damn proud of it. I’m a virgin and I’m damn proud of that too. I’m not necessarily waiting until I get married, but when the right man comes along I’ll be prepared with condoms and lubricant. That’s what we need, ladies, we need to band together and be proud of who we are. That’s the only way things are going to change. In the mean time, I’m taboo and proud of it.