ABSTRACT
Female sexuality has always been theorized within masculine parameters. Thus, the opposition “virile” clitoral activity/“feminine” vaginal passivity which Freud-and many others-claims are alternative behaviors or steps in the process of becoming a sexually normal woman, seems prescribed more by the practice of masculine sexuality than by anything else. For the clitoris is thought of as a little penis which is pleasurable to masturbate, as long as the anxiety of castration does not exist (for the little boy), while the vagina derives its value from the “home” it offers the male penis when the now forbidden hand must find a substitute to take its place in giving pleasure.
