Women and Sexuality

In the years before, women being “bisexual” or a “lesbian” was highly frowned upon. It was not talked about and several women concealed who they really were in fear of the rejection and degradation society would show them. In the 1920s when Freud brought his proposal of sexual desire, this led people to explore their sexuality. Shortly after in the 30s with the Depression, that idea died out because women found it necessary to marry because of the harsh economic conditions people were facing. I have met older women who expressed to me that if women were very open about sex she was looked at as a disgrace and would never find a husband. People in earlier years women needed to keep quiet about their sexuality. When the 60’s and 70’s came around this was another time of experimentation and people were more open about sex and sexual preference. It was not rare to run across two women together. This evidently was a very controversial issue, but many did not care what people thought. Women finally could express who they were and who they wanted to be with. This was one of the first issues women conquered and even though today not everyone agrees with women being a lesbian, a bisexual or just open about sex as a whole, people are more comfortable about it and learning how to deal with it or how to accept it. It is more common now to see women more comfortable with their sexual preference, so it is not a shocking subject to be talked about.