Casual Sex for Women: Pros & Cons

Is casual sex bad for women? Is it good for women? Does sleeping around liberate women, or does it just demean us? Is it awesome or heartbreaking?Show more

I think the answer is something in between. For many women, casual sex, or sex outside of romantic commitment, can be a source of fun, pleasure, and joy. However, I do believe that many women are not emotionally and psychologically wired to enjoy casual sex. I think that casual sex can be a fun 'phase' that a lot of people go through, but long-term, people typically desire romantic emotional commitment and view that as preferable to having emotionally detached sex.

Some women have higher sex drives than others and a greater need for sex. Some people have more 'experimental' personalities and thus like to seek out new experiences. I don't see anything wrong with this. I think that the association with sex as a measure of personal virtue comes from the Abrahamic religions, which is very unhealthy.

Please be aware that the information presented in this video is based on my personal opinions, and that I am not an academic or researcher. I have tried to present both viewpoints as fairly as possible.

Men desire sex more than women:
➤ https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/cultural-animal/201012/the-reality-the-male-sex-drive
➤ https://www.webmd.com/sex/features/sex-drive-how-do-men-women-compare#1
➤ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739403/
➤ https://www.apa.org/monitor/apr03/arousal

BUT women are also wired to have multiple partners (not necessarily to the same extent as men) and get bored with long-term monogamy:
➤ https://www.girlschase.com/content/why-women-want-multiple-partners?qt-classic_how_to=1
➤ https://slate.com/technology/2013/12/female-promiscuity-in-primates-when-do-women-have-multiple-partners.html
➤ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/women-get-bored-sex-long-term-relationships/582736/
➤ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/myths-desire/201909/how-sexual-desire-changes-throughout-marriage

➤ Polyandry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry#Known_cases

Women and casual sex:
➤ https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/03/09/women-enjoy-casual-sex-better-when-they-take-the-initiative
➤ https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2018/07/Kennair-Wyckoff-Asao-Buss-Bendixen-2018-Why-women-regret-more.pdf

➤ Virginity in Ancient Greece: https://medium.com/fearless-she-wrote/how-a-fertility-goddess-became-a-virgin-the-real-story-of-virgo-476e1577caf2

➤ Sex at Dawn: https://amzn.to/3L5a9HQ
➤ The Myth of Monogamy: https://amzn.to/3BwbT9Q

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