Urban Myths Of Sexual Assault Explored In New Documentary

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Sex is increasingly in the headlines more and more.

From the reveal of hackers finding influential people cheating on their spouses on Ashley Madison to the creation of Addyi which is being billed as a “female Viagra” — conversations about sex are happening around the clock and globe.

Such as the case with the developing saga, Women On Sex, which is produced by Johannesburg-based actress and director Mmabatho Monthso. Episodes two and three submerge viewers into the controversial waters of the vagina, body myths, and rape culture. “Emancipating the Vagina,” which you can see below, highlights the concerted urban myths that surround the physical effects that frequent sexual activity involving a woman’s body.

As subjects share and dispel a host of widely held beliefs across the diaspora, such as cellulite and stretch marks being indicators of promiscuity, episode two finds them addressing problematic notions about vaginal tightness. “There are people who have arguments, literal debates on Twitter, [talking] about, ‘This woman is so loose and we know. Because, now, when I had sex with her, I didn’t feel anything because her vagina’s just so loose,’” said Tshegotaso Senne, a social media community manager. “And I’m like, ‘But if a woman can give birth and her vagina can bounce back, then what is your penis going to do?’”

Episode three, “Rape Culture,” which is the series’ most recent episode, delves into the toleration and normalization of rape and sexual violence against women. Topics that were discussed, of which you can see above, were about the gendered power dynamics around consent and compliance and corrective rape. What is corrective rape, you ask? Well, it seems that it is a widely criticized practice used by men to “cure” lesbian women of their homosexuality. A woman who is self-identified as a gay woman, Lumka Takane, who is also a fashion designer, challenged this discriminatory act.

“What makes you think that if you penetrate me, that I’ll feel right? [Because actually] I’ll hate it further … I think it’s a very sick thing,” she says.

You can check out both episodes above and please add to the discussion started by Women On Sex in the comments section below.

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