A thread about a thread

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

kind of.


I have recently had my eye opened to the fact that there are still people in this world who think a woman having sex on the first date means she has "low self esteem", which apparently according to the men on the thread also means that's it's OK to have sex with her and not call because there is no "chase" or "hunt" Also they'd be wondering if the woman "did it all the time"

So just curious, how many partners is OK?

And how many dates before you are "allowed" to have sex without looking like a slag a person of low self esteem?

Also if a woman really really enjoys having sex and just doesn't mean Mr Right, is she meant to remain celibate for years?

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

oh poo. Meant to put this in chat. I already know what you lot will say!

[DoctorTwo]

I think this is the right area for this. C & P alert.

So just curious, how many partners is OK?

As many as you want, it's none of my business. I've only been on 4 proper first dates and slept with 2 of the women involved, both of whom I went out with again. There have been times when I've met someone whilst in the pub or at a party and we've had sex. On only two occasions have I not slept with them again. The first was because the young woman didn't want to, the second was because I found out she was married. Two of my first night shags turned into 2+ year relationships, and plenty of others lasted 6 ish months.

And how many dates before you are "allowed" to have sex without looking like a slag a person of low self esteem?

As many, or as few as you want. Any man who judges you for either shagging him 'too soon' or not shagging him at all is a nobber.

Also if a woman really really enjoys having sex and just doesn't mean Mr Right, is she meant to remain celibate for years?

Nope. Your body, your rules. The women I know enjoy sex, nay, love it.

[CaptChaos]

Don't know about the fred about a fred. But, fuck me, that thread is awful!

A woman teaching her son to disregard what women tell them about sex.

Men telling us we're sluts for sleeping with men before the men have decided that a magical time has passed when we're no longer sluts for sleeping with them.

Men and women saying that sleeping with too many men makes you in some ephemeral way 'damaged goods'

I don't know if I am more saddened or angered.

[TheSameBoat]

Surely if you think a woman has low self esteem that would make it less ok to do the not calling her routine.

[CaptChaos]

Apparently only if she doesn't put out on the first date, and thereby 'prove' her lack of worth.

Or whatever it was that the oddballs were saying.

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

Nope. Your body, your rules. The women I know enjoy sex, nay, love it.
And I bet their all the more fun for it!


Well you'd think that wouldn't you sameboat....

I'm angry and sad and scared for my daughter in equal measures I think capt.

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

*they are not their!

[OddFodd]

I keep seeing that thread out the corner of my eye. I suspected it would make me cross/despondent if I read it. Sounds worse than I'd imagined

[SoonToBeSix]

Q1) one
Q2) as many dates as it takes until marriage
Q3) yes she is

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

It is Oddfodd. It is.


soontobesix is that the same for men and women?

[SoonToBeSix]

Really , yes the same for men and women.
Buffy , I am a Christian yes and I apply those principles to myself.
Also just to clarify I do not and would never think another woman was a slag for having lots of sexual partners I do mean low self esteem.
And no Buffy I don't expect my non Christian friends to share my values I do think some of them could save themselves a lot of hurt from men if they did though. However I would never judge another women's sex life it's non of my business.

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

See that's fair enough if it is applied equally and you only expect it from yourself and your partner. The other thread is basically saying that women who "give it away" deserve to not have men be interested in them. Despite that the men are also "giving it away"

[SoonToBeSix]

Really so the old if you have sex with different partners and have a vagina you are a slag if you have a penis you are a stud. Is that what people on the other thread believe themselves or are they saying that's what men think? Am shocked if mumsneters hold those views.

[rinabean]

It is a sign of low self esteem though. If you had proper self esteem you would be very, very picky about men or not have anything to do with them at all. Men hate women. I find women chasing men absolutely bizarre unless they're disabled or single mothers and need a male income.

You know that men are right about this? That men aren't confused when they say women who have sex with lots of men or shortly after meeting men are worthless, stupid, low self esteem, dirty, ruined, etc? Men aren't being tricked by religion to feel this way about women. All kinds of different men feel this way. It's because they themselves see fucking a woman as ruining her, as making her dirty, as something only a stupid and worthless woman with low self esteem would allow. That's what men think of sex.

Of course I don't think any woman is dirty or worthless. But you're foolish if you won't accept that men are telling the truth when they talk about what makes a woman a slut and how much they hate sluts.

[ReallyFuckingFedUp]

A mixture of the two soontobesix and also a bit of, 'yes, men are horrible wankers but if you don't want to end up alone you have to play the game' thrown in.


SO that you can end up with a sexist wanker I suppose

[rinabean]

Buffy, no-one thinks women should be pure and sexless. Major religions in this country command women to marry and have children (ie have sex with men). Doctors in this country treat not having sex with men as an urgent medical issue (did you see that thread about numbing creams for post partum women?) and don't get me started on how 'are you sexually active' means 'with men'. The average woman's parents think she is a failure if she does not have sex with men (even if this has to be through the appropriate channel of marriage, they want her to marry) and may even force her into it.

I really don't know where this comes from, free feminist women fucking men left right and centre as two fingers up to the ones who want us to be pure and sexless - well none of them do?

[SoonToBeSix]

Rinabean do you realise how sexist your post was. You cannot generalise like that and say men hate women. And your paragraph that's what men think of sex??

[rinabean]

SoonToBeSix so a woman stating what men say all the time, to one another and to women, that's the real sexism? Get a grip. Describing misogyny is not misogyny. And I don't recognise any other type of 'sexism' so if you're one of those don't even bother.

[MooncupGoddess]

As someone who hasn't had sex/a relationship for years I can certainly confirm rina's point that being sexually inactive and uninterested makes a lot of people feel very uncomfortable.

Having said that, it's perfectly possible to be picky about relationships with men but still enjoy no-strings sex.

[squizita]

Also just to clarify I do not and would never think another woman was a slag for having lots of sexual partners I do mean low self esteem.

I have Christian faith and I credit those who have different religious and philosophical beliefs with self-esteem.
I find sometimes judgement is disguised as "oh she has low self esteem".

Those who have no religious/philosophical reason for not having multiple partners wouldn't associate it with a negative, so multiple partners wouldn't mean anything regarding self esteem... could be 1 could be 100 (partners or level of esteem).
Just as having uncovered hair, eating bacon and drinking wine doesn't mean I have low self esteem (but might if I was one of the religions where these things are associated with sin) because there's no 'label' for those things in my culture so I just do them IYSWIM

However anyone who let other people treat them badly and walk over them, or treated others badly and had double standards... that would raise issues with me regarding self esteem. And that could happen in a monogamous marriage or a fling, surely?

The way I see it is:
-Act according to your beliefs (religious or otherwise)
-Be safe
-Be kind
...So I would add the disclaimer that IMO it's wrong to 'use' someone for a fling if they think they'll get something long term. If it were on equal terms although it's not my choice, I would never assume anything about their self esteem.

[squizita]

OH, and for people saying men universally 'despise' women with multiple partners I socialise with numerous "laddish" men for whom the attitude seems to be "lucky girl" ...and who are friends and date women who do this. Such men exist.

Not in my imagination - being the reverse myself I have no vested interest in believing anyone thinks like this (apart from my dislike of double standards).

I also know some who say really bad hypocritical stuff (but choose not to socialise with them because of this).