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vaginalism en · NOUN

Etymology

From vaginal + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The preeminence of penovaginal copulation over other forms of sexual expression.
    • It is clear from this statement how vaginalism had become an ideology of female subordination. 2012, Josephine Donovan, Feminist Theory, Fourth Edition: The Intellectual Traditions, page 102:
    • In such women, the viriloid phallic function predominates at the expense of a more, or less, undeveloped or inhibited vaginalism. 1974, Irving Singer, The goals of human sexuality, page 92:
    • Thus, Friedan faulted Freud for making a specific sexual experience she termed “vaginalism” the be-all and end-all of women's existence. 2011, Rosemarie Tong, Feminist Thought, page 233: