I had a laptop disaster over the weekend (Mac says the crash was caused by old liquid damage, ouch. No more wine while writing.) Anyway, I got a brand new computer today, and am up and running once again. It’s good to be back and I learned something important during this period: I’m not indispensable! [...]
Tags: Amanda Marcotte, David Buss, long-term mating, Pandagon, promiscuity, relationship advice, sex, short-term mating
Posted by Susan Walsh on Apr 28, 2010 in
Hooking Up Realities,
What Guys Want
It is much easier to make good (wo)men wise than to make bad men good. Henry Fielding, 1749 It has long been understood that there exists a sexual double standard. Studies have consistently shown that men strongly prefer women who are less sexually experienced than they are. In theory, women who have had many sexual [...]
Tags: Allison and Risman, Clinton-Lewinsky Effect, double standard, Kanazawa, man slut, Milhausen and Herold, player, promiscuity, reverse double standard, sexual double standard, slut, social proof, stud
Recently a 29 year-old guy wrote into the Love Letters section of the Boston Globe looking for guidance. Usually Meredith Goldstein, who writes the column, gives excellent advice. In which case there’s no point in my saying anything further. In this case, however, I think she really missed the boat. Here’s the letter: About a [...]
Tags: casual sex, college sex, feminism, hooking up, infidelity, jealousy, Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein, paternity, Pretty Woman, promiscuity, sexual revolution, Sweet Charity, the Pill