Whereas men often face sexual temptations as much as every day, ninety percent of the women in my survey faced similar temptations. My results challenged the assumption that only men are tempted to sin sexually. I recently did a survey of Christian women on the topic of lust and temptation. I needed dirtier and nastier stuff to make me feel what I needed to feel. Once you’ve seen hard-core porn, you need something more and more perverse. But I learned that I could conjure up these scenarios in my mind and make believe, and that led to other things as I got older. I would fantasize about different interactions with the main character of the books. It was very light romance, but the seeds of lust were planted. One woman I’ve spoken with recalls her gradual fall from young adult romance novels into a raging battle with hard-core porn. The emotionally and sexually charged stories we read or watch on television are some of the primary ways women face temptation. Fascination with Tom’s wit, Mark’s maturity, and Scott’s verbal talents affected my marriage in a way just as damaging as a sexual affair would have.” “Even though I wasn’t having sexual intercourse with any of these other men, I was still having an affair with each of them. In Every Woman’s Battle, Shannon Ethridge describes her emotional affairs with male friends. It means that our lust can more easily hide behind the guise of friendship and story. The stories we conjure in our minds usually require two people.
This adds an emotional and relational layer to female sexual addiction. That definition is incomplete.”ĭespite the variety of specific addictions women face, there’s a common root: women want to be desirable and desired. “We’ve been told that lust is when a man looks at a woman and desires her.
“But when I have a woman behind the camera, she finds other things attractive: his face, her expression.” This director understands what too few women know about themselves: they thrive on relationships and emotional connections. I tell stories, create characters.’” The director goes on to explain why a female crew is necessary. “Asked what specifically makes her films different, she explains, ‘Aesthetics, values, and the way it’s produced.
It told the story of a female director, who, irritated with porn made for men, began creating pornography for women. In 2016, Newsweek ran an article on an emerging trend in the porn industry: feminist erotica. If women don’t begin to redefine what lust means for them, they will continue to isolate themselves from each other, their spouses, and, in so doing, cripple their chances of overcoming temptation. That definition is both misleading and incomplete. We’ve been told that lust is when a man looks at a woman (not his wife) and desires her. You think you are the only one tempted when you watch that movie and read that book. Being a woman who struggles with lust can feel like being alone in a crowded room.
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