149. Stop Trying to Have Sex Like a Man!

Suzanne talks about how casual sex affects women drastically different than it affects men.

IN THIS EPISODE:

1:20  Suzanne reads from Loose Girl, a book that analyzes in great detail the emotions that accompany what most young women experience when they engage in casual sex

2:27  The average guy who partakes in casual sex doesn't ruminate over who he has sex with or why he did it

3:00  Many young women have sex to feel attractive and desirable

4:30  Feeling used, or like a “booty call,” is the number one experience for women who have casual sex

5:00  Biology dictates that women carry the brunt of sexual risk while men wield the sexual power

5:25  The relationship between women and men took a nosedive when women (en masse) began having sex “like a man”— casually, with no commitment.

6:20  In generations past, commitment always preceded sex

8:10  Sex for women is NOT the same as it is for men

8:30  Even the most sexually liberal woman is surprised to learn she cannot detach the way men can

10:00  Suzanne reads stories from women who've had a lot of casual sex

17:25  A hookup doesn’t lead to the relationships women crave (MeToo movement)

18:50 - It's modern gender norms, not traditional ones, that have lead to the problems between men and women regarding casual sex

20:20  The MeToo Movement speaks to women's weakness to casual sex