vaginalism

English

Etymology

vaginal +‎ -ism

Noun

vaginalism (uncountable)

1. The preeminence of penovaginal copulation over other forms of sexual expression.
   • 1974, Irving Singer, The goals of human sexuality, page 92:

     In such women, the viriloid phallic function predominates at the expense of a more, or less, undeveloped or inhibited vaginalism.

   • 2011, Rosemarie Tong, Feminist Thought, page 233:

     Thus, Friedan faulted Freud for making a specific sexual experience she termed “vaginalism” the be-all and end-all of women's existence.

   • 2012, Josephine Donovan, Feminist Theory, Fourth Edition: The Intellectual Traditions, page 102:

     It is clear from this statement how vaginalism had become an ideology of female subordination.