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Re rewinding sex.

As with many things in the modern world, everything is too safe and risk free (including sex), so I can certainly see where she’s coming from when she argues the modern craze for more extreme forms of BDSM is an attempt to bring back some edgy thrill into sex.

Can you at least see the general point she’s making?

Secondly the ‘woman have casual sex out of politeness’ argument.

I’m a guy, so I might be talking BS, though my experience of the feminine temperament would tell me there’s something to this argument. If ‘putting out’ is the social norm and you don’t want to appear a ‘frigid b**ch’ in Louise Perry’s words, then I can absolutely see women doing this, especially under pressure from the more masculine assertive temperament. Yes, I agree leaning to assert yourself is a good idea too, though also feeling ‘armed with permission’ from the culture around you to say no is also a great help.

You can disagree, but can you at least sort of see where the argument comes from?

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