Quote: I know that HD people place far too much emphasis on the role of an orgasm in the resolution of sex problems...
I think the role of orgasm is important for women, because I think taking responsibility for her own orgasm is a critical step for a woman in terms of feeling ownership of her sexuality. If you just lay back in silence and wait for a man to bring you to orgasm or not, it's like you handed over the keys to your car, put yourself in the passenger seat and you are just hoping it will be a pleasant drive. Meanwhile the guy is driving a strange car around a strange town. He might have a pretty good idea of how to drive you to orgasm, just like he might have a pretty good idea of how to find a McDonalds in a strange town. Most towns have McDonalds and most women orgasm and both are generally to be found in a central, popular location. But how can he know what side roads he should take and how long should he keep driving around aimlessly in danger of running out of gas? A woman can take responsibility for her own orgasm either by giving some direction verbally, through body language or pre-verbal utterances or she can take over driving for a while by becoming more dominant in the encounter.
If HDs wife isn't interested in going to McDonalds, she's not going to give him good directions to get there and it is likely that he will run out of gas before he sees those golden arches.
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