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Originally posted by motdakasha
While you may not fit the stereotype of men who hold a double standard for sexual encounters, a woman who is concerned about it is likely going to assume you could be "one of them." If all she wants is a one night stand, then she's probably not going to get to know you well enough to know you do not harbor this double standard. I don't know where I'm going with this so I'll stop here.
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Right on as usual, motdakasha - although you personally might not, enough people do for women to feel uncomfortable asking for casual sex.
Although that seems to be changing, if my ultraliberal campus is any indication, which it isn't, which is too bad.
What I DO think helps is online forums where people can discuss their sexuality. A lot of sexual stereotypes about women (ranging from "all women are prudes" {and its corollary, "girls don't masturbate"} to "all women are secretly sluts") are based on not actually talking about what women want with women. Captain Obvious strikes again. But since sex talk is still taboo in our society, not to mention inappropriate or dangerous with platonic friends, people feel safer on online forums to talk about things they wouldn't.
So go DailyJolt and go TFP for making the world a little better.