The initial dilemma women face is how to employ their sexual power over men. The way women can get men to be submissive is to withhold sex. This is an idea that has transcended time. As far back as Athenian times it has been perceived that women can force men to do what they want by withholding sex, “pussy whipping” the men. This was illustrated in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and the ideas of sexual power have emerged in many “modern” films and novels. One example is in the film Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, where the female version of Dr. Jekyll uses her feminine being to seduce men of high ranking. By doing such, she climbs the company chain, eventually winning popular support with the male version’s ideas. This concept of female dominance through sex has its restrictions though. On a more universal level, if women, as a group, successfully attempted to withhold sex, men would resort to their physical dominance.
This problem is one of physical capability. The evolution of the human has come to a point where the male is physically stronger than the woman. Hence, the man holds the power to take sexual actions when he wants, with or without permission. Of course, this forced entry would be coined rape by current American society, and most around the world, but it is the viable option of a man who has had sex withheld from him.
It is assumed that men have strong sexual desires, but this is never stated alongside a comment that women lack sexual desires. These sexual desires, as well as a natural desire to be held can be satisfied by men, who lack the capability to have sex on demand. Women would need men to fulfill their sexual needs and the need to further society. Without men and women, it is very difficult to procreate. Sex is something a man cannot do without will. It is an activity in which the two genders depend on each other and therefore withholding sex is not a true option, women need it to further the species and to fulfill their desires.
On a small scale, withholding sex from men is a viable option to get things done. However, on a global scale it is impossible for women to gain political power through sexual means; too much depends on it. There is no forced entry on men. Women, as a group, can never use sex as a way to move up in the world or dominate a society. Gore Vidal said, “Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.” Sex is no means for true power.