Why are women treated differently for having a sex life?
Iâm sure all girls have experienced this at some point in their lives. In high school, a boy has sex with a girl and heâs perceived as âmanlyâ for doing it. When a girl decides to have sex, sheâs seen as âsluttyâ. Why is there a double standard?
This has bothered me for years. It happens with peers, fellow classmates, even with your own parents.
When I was 16 years old, I wanted to get on birth control because I started having relations with my boyfriend at the time. Trust me, when I was 16, I really didnât want to get pregnant. But why should I feel bad for wanting to have sex? Itâs a normal human function.
But when I was 16 years old, I needed my parent’s permission to get prescribed birth control from a doctor. I asked for my momâs permission and she flat out said no because I shouldnât be having sex anyway.
Why not? Whatâs wrong with a teenager wanting to have sex? If youâre safe about it, it shouldnât matter.
And at that moment, I started to feel bad about having sex. I no longer wanted to because I felt like I was a bad person for wanting to do so.
A few years later, I started to realize I shouldn’t feel bad about having sex. If guys are encouraged to do it, then shouldnât women be?
Now Iâm not saying that you HAVE to have sex. Itâs your body, do what you want. But if you want to have sex, then do it. Donât be ashamed. Love your body. Make your body feel good.
Iâm all for sexual liberation. If itâs consensual and safe, then do what you want with your body, girl.