Faking the Big "O"

I was watching television the other night with my wife and caught an interesting interview - the program in question is kind of like an Italian version of Ophra Winfrey except the lady that hosts the program is blonde and not a woman of color.

At any rate, the topic on this particular night was the female orgasm. Or the lack of it. The impetus for this topic? Fay Weldon. Now that name may not mean anything to you back in the United States - but she is a very well-known British feminist and writer and her fame stretches all across Europe and probably the rest of the world as well. At 74 years old, Fay has written about 20 books and Lord knows who many articles and they all have to do with the battle of the sexes. Her latest book “What Makes Women Happy” has an interesting chapter entitled “The Joy of Fake Orgasms”. It would have been nice to have seen Fay on this program - but no matter. She got a lot of publicity anyway. And who needs Fay Weldon when the host had a whole slew of “experts” on the show - most of them silicone-injected Italian showgirls and starlets who come and go quicker than an ice cream parlour’s flavour-of-the-week.

Italian television thrives on this type stuff and I have to admit I raised an eyebrow when the host was warming up the audience.
The whole point of this chapter in Fay’s book is that women do not necessarily need to have an orgasm to enjoy sex. Fay thinks women can be intimate and still have fun and apparently her book points out that an occasional fake orgasm won’t do any harm to a relationship. That is probably counter to what you hear most feminists say these days - that women deserve an orgasm, and if their men can’t provide one then women should get one on their own (I think you can purchase one on-line for $19.99).