For as long as you have been alive, the word "Normal" as been consistently applied to individuals in an attempt to define social norms ignoring in total the diversity and individualism of each individual. No two people, male or female are alike, therefore the application of the concept of normal when applied to people, is an attempt to impose symmetry on to an asymmetric being. The concept of normal is another element of control used by individuals or groups to impose their concept of self unto a larger population.
The imposition of the concept of Normal has caused irreparable harm to millions, primarily women, as men tend to ignore established norms to a greater extent than do women. As a result, many women have spent the entirety of their lives trying to fit their diversity into the "Normal" expectations of self which society has embraced mostly through organized groups vying for control of the mind of women.
This is most clearly seen in female eroticism, where each female mind responds to different erotic stimuli, yet all erotic rresponses that are not considered "Normal" are therefore thought to be abnormal and therefore, must be suppressed so as to fit into the concept of normal. This suppression of erotic need and diversity, ultimately leads to depression, excess weight, alcohol and drug abuse, as the woman struggles to fit her sexual identity into the normal funnel. Many, who can not balance their personal need with the concept of Normal, turn to religion as a way top purify their erotic need, since in many cases, it is religion that defines what normal is and is not. The usually tends to compound the problem.
The concept of normal as it applies to women in particular, was an outgrowth, not of religion, but of man, in his attempt to control women, who man discovered early on were by far the stronger sex but have one tiny weakness, the were easy to scare. Since man did not possess the capacity to understand woman, and the variety of erotic needs she possessed, he created normal to simplify his understanding so he could make all women essentially the same, and for those who refused to be scared, he created labels such as whore, nymphomaniac, etc to redefine their relationship to the male established norm.
Perhaps one of the cruel examples of mans need to control women can be seen in certain religions where the clitoris of the female is cut off, thus depriving the woman of physical sexual pleasure without any similar such deprivation for men. It is a very good thing man does not know that the seat of eroticism is mental, not physical, for then, they might try to remove the mind of the woman as well
