How we see the world shapes who we choose to be — and sharing compelling experiences can frame the way we treat each other, for the better. This is a powerful perspective. In the early s, the focus took a feminist turn against anti-pornography feminists. Now more mainstream, the conversations revolve around empowering women to have as much sex as they want, without shame. Many of us grew up on TV shows, movies, and books that use promiscuity and independence synonymously. With movements to reclaim the words slut and ho and the numerous dating apps that enable us to have casual encounters with ease, it would seem casual sex is everywhere. He was roundly mocked on social media, but he is far from the only man with a sexual double standard. And when I tweeted about the phenomenon, I received an overwhelming amount of replies and DMs, all from other women through with casual sex. So, what is it that makes casual sex so bad for straight women?
