Hookup culture is now more and more common. Is this liberation or self-objectification? Where do the line is drawn by us?
I’ll never forget the day in middle school when my Mom said, “We need to talk.” She had found out about a “rainbow party” by which girls took place on multiple guys, similar to an assembly line, each wearing a lipstick that is different to be able to create a rainbow effect. That sort of thing was so far off my radar that the whole situation was pretty dismissible at the time. As a grownup, however, I’ve discovered that scenario was hardly unique. Not really close.
I favor that birth control exists, that the LGBTQ community is gaining more traction towards equality, and therefore people can speak about sex more openly generally speaking. The theory that women could be independent and they are no more reliable on a husband for either security that is financial sexual satisfaction has given way to an ever expanding notion of what this new freedom should mean. What started as a rally cry for sexual equality and women’s rights has grown to become an expectation that ladies not only will, but must be able to experience sex with a feeling of detachment.