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Why is casual sex and high partner count more damaging to women as opposed to men? Also, what is the link between casual sex and marriage?

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For a long time, there has been speculations over the effects of casual sex and partner count on both the sexes. Speculations included a higher risk of substance dependence disorders, depression, anxiety, etc. It seems as if these speculations haven’t been exactly true, perhaps half-truths or correlational at best. However, research shows interesting findings on this issue, specifically pointing to the fact that casual sex and high partner count has a MORE NEGATIVE impact for women’s wellbeing and emotions as opposed to men. I will present a few points of facts that include the following:

• Women who have slept with only their spouses are 65% more likely to report happy marriages. Although this percentage declines as the # of partners a woman has made, there are gradations (https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness)

• Most Americans reporting one lifetime partner report the happiest marriages, although past one partner there are gradations that can be interpreted as trivial or nontrivial(https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness

•“although having multiple sex partners was followed by substance dependence disorders for both genders, men were more likely than women to have a disorder when they had no or few sex partners whereas women who had more than approximately 10 sex partners in the same time period were much more likely to have a disorder than men.”

•“Women reporting more than 2.5 partners per year had much greater odds of being diagnosed with a substance dependence disorder than those with only one or no partners

My goal is not to provide an exhaustive exorcism on this issue, rather, provide some of my opinions and facts related to this topic. As I learn more, I intend to change my opinion or beliefs on this issue of course, but I shall up it up with the following.

I do not know why we have been saying that “women love sex just as much as men” like this is some parallel or proxy for the idea that women are like men in this regard. This is obviously not true and I believe can hurt women AND men when it comes to future intimacy. Decision-making and responsibility are important topics to talk about as well, so where high sexual partner count and casual sex are to be found, other negative issues dwell as well, that can affect men and women.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201304/the-lingering-psychological-effects-multiple-sex-partners%3famp

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752789/

https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness

http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2003/pdf/Bookofcharts.pdf

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  • men actually gain a lot from sleeping around. Men like to control and women like men who take control so men are praised (more by women) for having this skill which you have to learn.

    • Eww we dont like male whores

    • @kim45456 I think you have your own personal issue with men who have sexual experience, maybe is jealousy, maybe is.. whatever I don't judge, everyone has their own experience in life. But that's the thing, women Really love men and gentlemen who you describe as "male whores". (Describing man as male whores is really inaccurate, this supposed to be the equivalent of women being sluts but its not. There are some man whores out there but no one really respects them.)

    • You are sayung that they gain a lot by sleepinh? What do they gain a lot? Stds? Stop promoting male whores

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  • The more women sleep around the less likely they are to pair bond with a man. Look up the 1000 cock stare, this is the effect sleeping around has on women

  • Men are biologically designed to fuck every women they see.

    Women are biologically designed to find one man who will stick around and then treat him well so he sticks around. If he doesn't, her and her kids die. This is the basis of our two mentalities here, and even though the world has changed, what we are as animals has fundamentally not.

    Marriage is the ultimate compromise between both sexes and the basis of civilization as we know it. Sex outside of marriage breaks the whole system if it's accepted. Like it will obviously be done by many people, but as a society we shouldn't encourage it.

  • Because men who sleep around typically have to be good enough to attract women. Women who sleep around need to be bad enough to accept guys. A man who is hot and smart and successful and cool and social no duh has got lots of pussy and girls want to tie him down. But the equivalent girl who gets lots of dick is a superficial ho sex addict low self esteem. So its not the same. That man does not want that woman.

    Just as on the opposite a male virgin is a loner living in moms basement and awkward while a female virgin is highly prized and desired by men for marriage.

    Its exactly opposite and it will not change until the day a man can stand outside with a sign that says free sex and a line of women will form. That is the day the slut/pimp statuses will become meaningless and we are nowhere near that.

  • Love them all

  • I never have and never will care how many partners someone has had before me. Why would I care? It's not like they didn't exist before coming into my life... and at 23 I seriously doubt I could find a single woman who hasn't had sex before anyway! Also most of my relationships have been polyamorous so jealousy isn't really an issue for me anyway 😅

  • Because scientific research showed that the amount of men giving birth is only 83% of women giving birth.

  • Women who sleep around are exponentially more jaded and "worn out" in marriages than women who've only had a handful of relationships. This is due to the fact that women who sleep around a lot tend to see all men as idiots. The negative of a man who sleeps around before marriage is that he can be more of a cheater but he still has the same energy of a man with less experience. Simply put, something about women is mentally and emotionally drained as she sleeps with more and more men and the emotional bond isn't the same. It has nothing to do with double standards.

    • Both can catch stds and i know enough men whores who end up cheating for not being satisfied by his less experienced psrtner

    • @kim45456 STDs can hit anyone whether they male or female and I clearly said male whores love to cheat after they're married. My point to answer the question is that women who sleep around are hard to be in relationships with because they're colder, jaded and know that they have more options on the side so they disrespect and look down on men more.

    • So you are saying promiscuous guys are also shamed by people?

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  • I agree

  • Its simple. For women it is way simpler to get laid then a man. Girl just needs to post of FB she wants some and there will be 50 guys in line.

    • Both are hoes then

  • Both genders should be damaged

  • Maybe men are better in splitting sexuality and Emotions

  • My guess is the reason is b cause women are much more affectionate and emotional then men.

  • It's damaging because for a guy casual sex is just relatable to the physical appearance and that's all.
    Girls usually go for the quality of the guy and not just the physical appearance.
    Which drags them back to thinking bout em.

    Secondly the society is still very immature to accept that woman who likes to hookup are just as normal as a normal girl.

  • 'Cause society is pedophile and like innocent, child like and inexperienced women. I am talking about slut-shaming. If you want shame, shame both. After all both can catch stds.

    I also have seen man whores who cheat on their wifes who were virgin before their husbands. It is because they can't get the satifiction they have got from experienced woman.

    Before some bastards bring up the statement that women are locks and men are keys, my response to them is that nobody like either a lollipop which is sucked by everyone.

    A key that opens many locks is a master key,

    A lock that is opened by many keys is a shitty lock

    • These two sentences Are from bastards

    • I forget to delete it

    • What the fuck? You couldn't be more wrong.

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  • Men and women are not the same. They want and care about different things. It’s not a double standard if it’s one standard for two different things.

    • Yoz male Whore? No, that is a huge douple standard

    • @kim45456 Come again?

    • It is a deouple standard that you can sleep around but not women. If you are a whore, find someone like yiu

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