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Backlash against casual sex among women
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A thought provoking article in Slate Magazine explores the relation between the evolution of female sexuality and casual sex.
The article by Jessica Grose starts with a feminist woman admitting being ashamed for having casual sex and for feeling shame at the same time. She regrets having sex, instead of feeling liberated she believes she should feel.
The article notes that despite what feminist websites advocate, the "feminist duty to 1) seek pleasure and feel entitled to it and 2) to make the world a more orgasmic place for other women," a new wave of sexual conservativism gathers ground that makes women hate themselves for occasional hookups.
The feeling of regret seems to be the response to the last decade's oversexed female image, author Jessica Grose states. She then provides a very graphic illustration: "We were supposed to dance on tables like Paris Hilton and wear ass-baring chaps and hump the floor like 22-year-old Christina Aguilera did in her "Dirrrty" video, or at least find that sort of thing appealing, otherwise we were marmish prudes. We were supposed to go to strip clubs and wear Playboy necklaces around our necks—as Sex and the City star Carrie Bradshaw did."
The author draws the following conlusions: "Female sexuality has become so ubiquitous, it no longer seems particular" and "Domestic bliss is now the cultural ideal for young women."
Read more in Slate Magazine...
The article notes that despite what feminist websites advocate, the "feminist duty to 1) seek pleasure and feel entitled to it and 2) to make the world a more orgasmic place for other women," a new wave of sexual conservativism gathers ground that makes women hate themselves for occasional hookups.
The feeling of regret seems to be the response to the last decade's oversexed female image, author Jessica Grose states. She then provides a very graphic illustration: "We were supposed to dance on tables like Paris Hilton and wear ass-baring chaps and hump the floor like 22-year-old Christina Aguilera did in her "Dirrrty" video, or at least find that sort of thing appealing, otherwise we were marmish prudes. We were supposed to go to strip clubs and wear Playboy necklaces around our necks—as Sex and the City star Carrie Bradshaw did."
The author draws the following conlusions: "Female sexuality has become so ubiquitous, it no longer seems particular" and "Domestic bliss is now the cultural ideal for young women."
Read more in Slate Magazine...
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