Betty Dodson
New YorkAfter several years of masturbating to the fantasy of having an orgasm school for women, I decided to turn my fantasy into a reality. When I bought the first case of electric vibrators in 1972 for the first round of women's workshops, I was making it up as I went along, experimenting with different pleasure rituals.
The final design of the Bodysex Groups emerged after several years. We began by sharing how we felt about our bodies and our orgasms. Next we did genital Show and Tell where I went first speaking about my imaginary genital deformity: I thought I'd stretched my inner lips from childhood masturbation. Taking turns, each woman sat alongside me. As we looked into the same free standing makeup mirror, I guided her through the intricate folds of her magnificent sex organ while the group watched. On the last day we plugged in our Magic Wands and celebrated our orgasms by masturbating in the ancient tribal circle. The weekend ended with group massage where each woman was lovingly touched by four others. The visuals were always exquisite.
The workshops thrived for over 25 years and many of the pleasure rituals we made up in the seventies have since spread to other women's groups all over the world.
How thrilled I was to meet Maggie and learn of her group of priestesses in Switzerland. I've also heard from groups of sexual priestesses all over the world including Alaska, Canada, England, Australia, Amsterdam, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and Brazil to name a few.
I send greetings to all the orgasmic priestesses of the sexual sisterhood. We are the source of the creative life force.
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