So as a single lady, I’m dealing with a topic that I’m sure is common with all of us here – that being sexual frustration. After having regular sex (in a committed relationship for clarification purposes) and after breaking up with said significant other, I’ve suddenly hit a standstill. And I’m not even talking about just sex but actually a sexual standstill. At this point, I could kiss anyone with or without cherry chapstick and probably like it.
I’m aware that my problem is not unique. Actually, if you’ve been to a Pause dance or been a freshman making out by the vending machines, you’ll know that sexual frustration runs rampant in college campuses. So here’s my question: how am I really supposed to remedy this?
Option 1: Porn. I have a lot of good girlfriends who enjoy porn but honestly, I really can’t get behind it. I’m kind of a closet feminist (not even closet) and it just makes me so uncomfortable watching something that goes so against my personal standards for women in society (could I be more typical?). This may work for other people and if so, go for it, but it’s not my thing.
Option 2: Hook-up with someone. I’ve dabbled in this throughout my years at St. Olaf and honestly, I probably won’t dabble in it too much further. While making out with someone random can be fun and light-hearted, it usually just ends up being too much of a hassle. As fun as making awkward eye contact with former one-night flames is, it actually isn’t. At all.
Option 3: Ryan Gosling. I saw “Crazy, Stupid, Love” this summer and my one complaint was that there wasn’t enough Ryan Gosling in it (is it embarrassing that I actually really liked it?). Sure there was the gratuitous (but not gratuitous at all) Ryan Gosling shirtless scenes but not enough of his body, voice, persona, sex.
Yeah, so of all of these options, Ryan Gosling certainly is the most enticing. If anyone could potentially get Ryan Gosling out here to relieve my sexual frustration, it’d be much appreciated.
Until then, it’s ignoring porn and random hookups in my life as a single lady.