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This discussion started tangentially in another thread, but being a major topic with a lot that can be said about it, it deserves its own home. So, here we go. Let's try and discuss this intellectually, discuss the issues not each other, etc. I'm proud of you guys. Several of you have expressed this point of view. It's a relatively new point of view. I believe it was uncommon a century ago. In some places, it still hasn't caught on. Time was, a woman didn't have enough economic independence to say no. It was give the man sex or she wasn't going to have food, clothing, and shelter. Not quite the same thing as men believing women owe them sex but it's getting close. And, just for the record, when I was younger, a lot of guys believed women owed them sex. But, getting back to my point, I'm proud of you guys. Your generation gives me hope. Starting point here: the statement "women do not owe men sex" is an empowering and not incorrect one, but the issue is far broader than such simple soundbytes. For one thing, consider that society depending on the circumstance not only places pressure on women to say yes but can also place pressure on women to say no (reality check: how often do you hear a woman called a slut? How often do you hear a man called that or something equivalent?). Being able to say no without undue fear of consequence is only one half of empowerment, being able to say yes without undue fear of consequence is also important. If you only have the former, you aren't completely free to make your own choices, eh? This, I think, is more the lesson we should be teaching young women, and men too: your self worth should not be determined by your ability to meet other people's expectations of you (with regards to sex or otherwise). It should be determined by your ability to meet your own expectations that you set for yourself.
