What’s a uterosexual?

A uterosexual is a woman who is able to publicly acknowledge the precious and immense importance of her femaleness and the rewarding friendships she has with her close female friends. Many new mothers feel a little uneasy and uncomfortable about discovering their uterosexual side, because they’ve never been one for having a lot of close girlfriends who they open up to, or perhaps they’ve always ‘preferred the company of men’.  But motherhood awakens their pride

in being a woman, and they begin to discover the real benefits of female friendships. When they allow it, motherhood can enable women to become more open and receptive people, providing them with a developing talent and confidence to make new contacts. Uterosexuals naturally understand that when a woman is feeling overwhelmed with anger, sadness, fear or sorrow, it is the little girl within her — the one with clouded vision — who is feeling vulnerable and aware of what she is missing. She has to go through a cathartic ‘housekeeping’ cycle of bottoming-out, before she can begin to get back up and feel fulfilled again with what she has. So I encourage you, as a woman and mother, to open your heart and free any inhibitions of your own uterosexuality — because developing a wide circle of close girlfriends can be marvellously enriching. As someone once said, ‘The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.’