Swedes Devote Themselves To A Great Cause: Female Masturbation

The Swedes are generally considered to be more sexually enlightened than Americans. Maybe it's because we think that all Swedish women look like the St. Pauli Girl. Whatever the reason, they're proving that they're certainly more enlightened when it comes to masturbation, as a council has been formed to come up with new terms for female masturbation.

According to Jezebel (link below), the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education has launched a campaign to find a new term for female masturbation which will help to promote a more "open, positive view of sex and relationship issues."

Kristina Ljungros, a spokeswoman for RFSU said:

"Rather than sit around amongst ourselves talking about it, we thought we would launch a nationwide competition…"

"We are trying to put sexuality on the agenda - the positive aspects, not just the negative ones like sexual abuse. We want to focus on the good parts, the lust".

"When it comes to masturbation, people mostly think about just men doing it and we don't think of it as common for women. If we don't have a word in the language, how can we even talk about it?" she argued.

Right on, Kristina. So what are some of your favorites? Be sure to let us know in the comments section below...

Via Jezebel