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In reply to the discussion: Why are young feminists so clueless about sex? [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)43. Sorry, actually I meant I agreed with your fourth paragraph from the NY Magazine article, so like
you, I agree with the original author in NY mag, not Wente's article. Just that some of the points about one night stands not necessarily being empowering for women, even though both authors had different reasons for this being the case.
I think I need to read Wente's article a little more critically, sometimes we take one part of a message that we want to hear and dismiss the rest of the message and how it's delivered.
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Quite true. As a former working musician and all that (sometimes sleazy) lifestyle....
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#12
The problem with women and one-night stands is that we secrete oxytocin sooner than men do
shrike
Oct 2015
#22
I don't know. Maybe if more men spoke up about how meaningless one night stands weren't all
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#35
Sorry, actually I meant I agreed with your fourth paragraph from the NY Magazine article, so like
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#43