Female Masturbation Has A Shiny New Name
June 27, 2015
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as posted by the channelSweden has come up with a new term for female masturbation. They felt that there wasn’t already a specific name for the sex act, so they created the word “klittra.” It is a combination of “clitoris” and “glitter.” Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
"Clitoris and glitter and pleasure, oh my!
"Klittra" -- Sweden's unofficial new term for female masturbation -- combines the words "clitoris" (klitoris) and "glitter" (glittra) in an effort to encourage a positive outlook on women's sexual pleasure.
In 2014, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) declared a need for more open dialogue about women and masturbation. "When it comes to masturbation, people mostly think about just men doing it and we don't think of it as common for women. If we don't have a word in the language, how can we even talk about it?" asked RFSU spokeswoman Kristina Ljungros."
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