article came out, a survey found that many women felt guilty, perverted or scared of 'becoming insane' through masturbation. In 1974, the same year BettyвЂ™s seminal Ms. It struck me how different their stories must be from the ones Betty heard in decades past, when many came to see her to masturbate or orgasm for the first time. Several women began talking about having higher sex drives than their partners and wanting to open their relationships. I suggested the name вЂњStorm,вЂќ and everyone approved. I learned that my vulva type is rare, with small, symmetrical lips. To get things started, Betty moved us onto a вЂњgenital show and tell,вЂќ where, in a lesson on female anatomy, we spread our legs in front of the group and learned what type of vulva we have, before being asked to give it a name. I was here to develop a new goal: to make my orgasms spiritual, emotional, and political. For me, masturbation had always felt like the fulfilling of a physical need, a quick physical release akin to drinking water when you're thirsty. Dodson, who was sitting to my left, explained that her orgasms were her life force, her power and the thing that keeps her young. First we were asked to answer two questions: вЂњHow do you feel about your body?вЂќ and вЂњHow do you feel about your orgasms?вЂќ One described feeling insecure about her thighs another couldnвЂ™t orgasm during sex others simply said they loved their bodies and orgasms and were there to learn all they could from the legendary Betty Dodson. I suppose these events attract a certain kind of crowd. Once gathered, everyone looked surprisingly comfortable some even look genuinely excited. As women trickled in, I covertly checked out their bodies, wondering if they were doing the same. Suddenly hyper aware of my stomach, of all things, I self consciously crossed my arms as I entered the main room, choosing a spot at random in a circle of pillows arranged around candles. Figuring IвЂ™d get it over with, I shoved my shirt, my pants, then finally my bra and underwear in my bag along with them. We made polite conversation and her comfort with the situation put me at ease-which helped when BettyвЂ™s assistant, Carlin, greeted us already naked, while a few others were undressing right there in the entryway. Two other women joined me in the elevator, and when one saw I was headed to the same floor, she asked if I was there for BettyвЂ™s workshop. I stuttered, and he gave an understanding nod. 'There's no agenda and no expectations.' I sign up immediately.ДЄs I cautiously opened the door to Dodson's lobby, a doorman asked which apartment I was going to. 'We're here to heal body shame, overcome sexual guilt and experience true sisterhood,' reads the class description. For 10 hours of orgasm training, Dodson asks for a suggested donation of $1,200-vaginal barbell included. I was surprised to learn that at 88, Dodson still teaches the two-day Bodysex workshops sheвЂ™s held since the '70s at her Midtown Manhattan apartment. When was the last time you saw the word clitoris in print or heard it said on television?' 'As if that isnвЂ™t bad enough, we misname the female genitals by reducing all the parts down to a 'vagina'-which only refers to the birth canal. Many women end up faking an orgasm to avoid hurting a lover's feelings and thus sacrificing their own pleasure,' explains Dodson in one of her blog posts, titled Awakening the Clitoris. 'Men believe they must 'give' a woman her orgasm to prove theyвЂ™re good lovers, while women have been conditioned to protect the male ego. I wanted in on this scheme to cut the patriarchy off from its source.Д¬urious about the sexual and political awakenings BettyвЂ™s group masturbation sessions could spark, I found her website with the tagline, Better Orgasms. Once women stopped depending on men for orgasms, she argued, theyвЂ™d stop taking bullshit from them. In a 1974 article for Ms., she preached that women should masturbate to be less sexually reliant on men, instead, becoming advocates for their own pleasure. For Dodson, orgasms were about more than physical pleasure-they were the key to feminist liberation.

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