the action of arousing interest, enthusiasm, or excitement; encouragement of activity
from Latin 'stimulatio', from 'stimulare' (to goad, urge)
Your brain craves stimulation like a plant craves sunlight - too little and you get bored, too much and you get overwhelmed!
Historically, female sexual pleasure was medicalized as 'hysteria' and pathologized. Male stimulation assumed normative; female sexuality was controlled or erased.
Use broadly across contexts. In sexual/medical contexts, center consent and pleasure equally across all genders without pathology.
Women's sexual pleasure was criminalized and medicalized; modern language should normalize it as equally valid.
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