Tiresias was a mythological prophet of the ancient Greeks who was given an opportunity to live on earth as both a man and a woman. One day, Zeus and Hera were having a marital fight about whether men or women experienced greater sexual pleasure. Zeus thought it was women and Hera thought that it was men. Finally, the couple agreed to consult Tiresias, the only person who really knew the difference. The verdict? Tiresias said that it was more pleasurable to be a woman. Hera was not happy about losing the fight and put out Tiresias’ eyes—for seeing much to wisely?

Nancy Friday in Women on Top asked: “Was the insatiable woman always there, simply repressed by societal rules and he short sexual leash on which women hade always been kept?”

Master’s & Johnsons findings that women can have up to 50 orgasms in an hour.

Feminist archeologists believe that patriarchal society needed to repress female sexuality, rendering them asexual.