Posted on 07/26/2022 3:09:44 PM PDT by Morgana
I’ve never had an abortion. But I’ve had a lot of sex. And when I’ve been asked what my “number” is by friends or lovers, I laughed it off because I hadn’t ever considered counting a complete tally of partners.
But today I realize the privilege that comes with not really knowing how many different men I’ve slept with. That’s because I lived during a time when I was lucky enough to be able to separate my sex life from the rest of me. To put sex into a little box that I only accessed when the time was right. I was not weighed down by fears of pregnancy. I was bolstered by rights that I knew would protect me should things not go as planned.
Now, I recognize that the number of sex partners I’ve had defines an era and a mentality that we are all at risk of losing. I’ve been lucky enough to have slept with at least 17 men in my 41 years of life, and I think it might mean something positive that I’m not sure if there were more.
Why keep track? Because if it doesn’t matter to me, it shouldn’t matter at all. That’s the freedom and privilege of having had access to abortion and contraception for my entire adult life.
Talking about abortion access must come in many forms. This has now become a war, and battles for regaining our constitutional rights as women must become manifest on the streets, on the page, and in conversation.
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20K but some have doubted that number. Probably less but he said he put that number out there to make a statement so apart from a legendary basketball career he’s known for that. He died of heart failure at 63 in 1999.
I was almost 30 when I first heard the term “hose bag”. (Did I just resurrect it?)
Just a question, are you a professional slut? If you are, you must be a prostitute, or a stripper...
Sex is about ONENESS and LOVE. Part of a Triad.
With many partners you get neither of the 2 blessings, only the sex. It is empty fleeting pleasure - like smoking a cigarette.
But it comes with many nasty results, STD’s being only one. For her, a man is a hunk of flesh - no more.
So much for relationship.
Plenty of fools out there
Do you know how old she is?
Lol. I refer all comments to the Author!
Whore is as whore does.
Morals are of no concern to these individuals.
***I’ve been lucky enough to have slept with at least 17 men in my 41 years of life,***
Piker. I met a girl who was 22 years old and she admitted she had bedded over 40 men in 8 years.
Its not about equating sex with shame.
Its about equating immorality with non-committal, different person every night, slutty sex.
Giving it away to everyone is shameful.
It’s also mentally unhealthy and physically unhealthy.
I missed it. She is 41. She is not going to have any kids. Her SMV is rapidly declining, and she is not going to be happy with her future options. She won’t want anyone else to be happy either.
A certain percentage of women are infertile. She could be one of them.
Gross.
Hey, Rebecca:
You grew up a slut. You lived the slut life. You’re a slut.
that’s not shaming. that’s facts.
I feel much the same about sleep around dudes too. Sluts.
From the pic I would guess mid 30’s.
Most human beings feel shame when they act beneath themselves. Deviants kill this response in themselves. This is a mark of the deviant.
They told us in the 80s to be afraid of sex because of AIDS.
She’s actually not as much of a hoe bag as she thinks. Seventeen guys in 23 years means a lot of relationships along the way. The saddest thing IMO is that she couldn’t keep anyone around in over 20 years. Her problem is she’s not really lovable, which is pry why all she can hope for is fleeting sexual encounters. At 41, her chances of finding a decent life partner are fading rapidly.
In the article she said she was using IUDs for birth control. She also took Plan B pills occasionally.
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