Saturday 27 April 2019

Le clitoris

a film by Lori Malépart-Traversy

At just over three minutes, Le clitoris is a gem of an animation that is both informative and fun. I’d say it should be a part of sex-ed curriculum from primary level up. Also, many grown-ups will benefit from watching it. The protagonist is so cute. How not to love it? Yet it have had some powerful enemies, such as Sigmund Freud, who wrote that

Elimination of clitoral sexuality is a necessary precondition for the development of femininity, since it is immature and masculine in its nature.
What a pathetic quack — alas, just one of many who tried to “discredit, dismiss and delete” the clitoris. Mostly men, who can’t tolerate women having an organ dedicated to pure pleasure. Of women.

Speaking of pleasure: naturally, you cannot please everybody. One of the comments (from a man, of course) goes: “A longer, more in-depth version would be awesome”. Seriously?

If your French is a bit rusty, or non-existent (like mine), fear not: it has English subtitles. There is a Spanish-dubbed version as well.

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