Why is it socially "acceptable" for a guy to sleep around, but it's not socially "acceptable" for a girl to do the same?

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Why is it socially "acceptable" for a guy to sleep around, but it's not socially "acceptable" for a girl to do the same?

by AngelwithBrokenWings Posted April 10, 2008 03:17:45

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+24 / -5 raves Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ April 10, 2008 03:20:13

Answered: I think...(explain)
Neither is socially acceptable for me or the people I am around.
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NoNmr April 10, 2008 07:20:24

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This has been an old issue. Some call it a double standard while some say that women are expected to be prim and proper while guys are not.

In my opinion, it really doesn't matter because it is up to the person to think that way. I mean, everyone's entitled to his/her own opinion right? But for me , it's all the same. If a person (whether a guy or a girl) sleeps around, that's cool. I don't think of them as skanks or players or whatnot 'coz I think that's just plain mean. I think that they just express their sexuality more than other people and are very sociable. The environment and the beliefs that surround and influence the community also affects the way people see this.

;)
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Boob April 10, 2008 06:43:47

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Some woman want it, and some woman don't want to be like that at all.
And almost all men want the same thing.
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The Ubiquitous Captain Blood April 10, 2008 06:37:38

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moderated...
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crystal April 10, 2008 05:38:33

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guys r lazy.
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LoKi ~So cool I'm Hot ~ lol April 10, 2008 05:18:23

Answered: Undecided
from what i've seen its pretty equal on both parts. women actually just lie about it or hide it better. guys brag about it and sometimes inflate their numbers like they're trophies. Women like to think of themselves as more "clean" if they sleep with less guys or make it sound like they've slept with less guys than they really have. But i've heard many times girls talking to their friends about braging about sex with some guy and la de da. I've had 3 women roomies at the same time an for the most part they were ho's lol.
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☠♫♪ Twisted, Hated, Torn ♫♪☠ April 10, 2008 04:54:06

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i think if u sleep around with a bunch of people then either ur one of the biggest idiots ever or ur not as good as u thot since u cant find anyone to stay with you. or a combo of the 2.
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kimmpossiable April 10, 2008 04:46:23

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Double standard's........
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Lucifer's Angel *poser lover* April 10, 2008 04:38:36

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Women are supposed to be the submissive ones... the proper ones... while guys can do what ever the f**k they want!
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LoKi ~S... to Lucifer... April 10, 2008 05:14:21

ha how one sided you are =P
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Lucifer... to LoKi ~S... April 10, 2008 05:17:16

How is that one sided?
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LoKi ~S... to Lucifer... April 10, 2008 05:39:55

we can't do whatever we want lol u make women sound like the little princesses and men are barbaric cavemen lol
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Lucifer... to LoKi ~S... April 10, 2008 05:47:01

You are taking what I said the WRONG way! I'm not saying that women are princesses... women, in past decades, were the ones that stayed home, cooked, cleaned the house, raised the children... Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying we were slaves to men, but we were more submissive back then. While men, as the ones that went to work and made the money, got to do what ever they wanted.
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Mollybdamned American Atheist April 10, 2008 04:36:36

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Because each new generation hangs on to the old system of the double standard.
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MadHatter April 10, 2008 04:34:36

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moderated...
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Anouser "In Flying Spaghett... April 10, 2008 04:12:51

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Double standards.
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Nowonmai April 10, 2008 04:12:21

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(sarcasm on) Don't you know the value and morals of a man are only measured by his wallet, but for a woman it's measured by the state of her vagina. (sarcasm off)
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Nate SD April 10, 2008 03:56:36

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We have a religiously based culture and society which regard women as a temptation. (Adam and Eve). So when a man sleeps around he was tempted. When a women sleeps around she is the temptress, which is the function of the devil.
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Nicole April 10, 2008 03:55:40

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because lifes a bitch.
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Kiber April 10, 2008 03:52:59

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In this day and age of sexually transmitted diseases that scare the pudding out of antibiotics, I think anyone who sluts around is a lunatic with a death wish.
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AngelwithBrokenWings April 10, 2008 03:43:03

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It is, and has been for thousands of years, a male-dominated world. Sadly enough.
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Brat Simpson April 10, 2008 03:39:37

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I don't think it is.
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meKrystle April 10, 2008 03:26:29

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Honestly, I think it's slowly being accepted...which I wouldn't really say is a good thing. I think the men should just stop being sluts, haha. As a woman, I think we should have a little more self respect and show that we don't have to be as "experienced" as a man to be their equal and not be so quick to give sex up to guys.
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JaknHarely to meKrystle April 10, 2008 04:57:35

I am harder on the "boys" that I know that keep switching up partners than the girls that I know, it's a maturity issue, and I feel like the boys are representative of my sex, so they need to show some fraking self control, Unless they don't mind being monkey dung. in which case they are no friend of mine.
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meKrystle to JaknHarely April 10, 2008 05:10:12

Very true. And that's good that you give them a pick in the pants. :o) That's what they need!
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VanillaTwilight April 10, 2008 03:23:23

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Double standards suck
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Angelwi... to Vanilla... April 10, 2008 03:24:10

Damn right they do.
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nltsierra April 10, 2008 03:21:41

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I think it's a "macho" thing, that they should have multiple "conquests" and women are supposed to be "lady like". If they are sleeping around and we can't I wonder who they are sleeping with LOL!!!!
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Angelwi... to nltsierra April 10, 2008 03:22:50

HA! Good point.
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Mollybd... to nltsierra April 10, 2008 04:39:08

Thanks that was my first thought. If guys are sleeping around and girls are 'good' til they marry...hm...who are these guys sleeping around with?
LOLOL
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angie ~ MCCAIN / PALIN 08 April 10, 2008 03:21:24

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ILLY<<<3 April 10, 2008 03:20:49

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Dalmatiandude April 10, 2008 03:20:20

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Angelwi... to Dalmati... April 10, 2008 03:21:45

Sin is not in my vocabulary. LOL!
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Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ April 10, 2008 03:20:13

Answered: I think...(explain)
Neither is socially acceptable for me or the people I am around.
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concerned to Dave Sa... April 10, 2008 23:47:46

you are so right but we always accept from men but we didn't from clinton
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Dave Sa... to concerned April 11, 2008 11:01:21

I'm guessing he grew up in the wrong crowd.
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concerned to Dave Sa... April 11, 2008 14:46:23

well it was the men that cheat and have cheated that accused him
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Dave Sa... to concerned April 11, 2008 14:54:49

Sounds right. Remember the woman taken in adultery? Jesus told the accusers to go ahead and throw the first stone if they hadn't sinned.
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concerned to Dave Sa... April 11, 2008 15:17:47

oh how true
Wayner to Dave Sa... April 13, 2008 17:22:08

I agree, and I'm RC.