Scrotes are really running out of excuses to shame women for their sexual lives

FDS-MAGICA · 2022-02-08T19:11:55+00:00

I wonder if male self-esteem is linked to sex, though? The male stereotype that to be a real man you need to lose your virginity and the more sex you have with more hot women, the more masculine you are? That would explain a lot.

whiskey_and_oreos · 2022-02-08T19:08:54+00:00

Say it with me now: projection

crafeminist · 2022-02-08T21:48:31+00:00

So they expect me to believe that you can interact with low value guys and it won’t negatively effect your self-esteem. Nah

millennialpink2000 · 2022-02-08T20:14:53+00:00

That's an interesting finding because it's completely contradictory to what I witnessed from friends back in the day who were all about the casual sex. They did have incredibly low self esteem and sought out hookups to feel good about themselves. The only kicker? This was obvious to everyone except them. They swore up and down they were in control and 'getting theirs' even when it was very clear they weren't. I guess women like that were studied and this conclusion was drawn? From what I've witnessed, women who are healthy and well-adjusted don't engage in casual sex

Sunshine_Daisies2525 · 2022-02-08T21:30:48+00:00

I’m confused about this post, seems very lib-fem-y and sex pozy to me. We don’t condone casual sex here, and in my personal experience, casual sex and low self-esteem are 100% linked.

What do you mean by this post?

wonkyeyes8877 · 2022-02-09T13:45:31+00:00

If a study was done linking casual sex to low self esteem, I'd believe it. And I am pretty sure most women on FDS would agree. At least every woman who has read the handbook and taken it seriously would agree.

Casual sex is dangerous and never beneficial for women.

Colour_riot · 2022-02-09T14:21:50+00:00

lol so now even our self esteem is gonna be mansplained?

this is one of the most useless studies ever funded.

eleguagirl · 2022-02-08T19:05:07+00:00

Full article pasted below and link here

“We were surprised that this stereotype was so widely held,” said Jaimie Arona Krems, an assistant professor of psychology at Oklahoma State University and first author on the paper. “This stereotype was held by both women and men, liberals and conservatives, and across the spectrum in terms of people’s levels of religiosity and sexism.” But across the studies, Krems also observed that the stereotype was unfounded: There was virtually no relationship between participants’ own self-esteem and sexual behavior.

In one study, Krems and her colleagues had participants read about a hypothetical man, woman, or unspecified person in their mid-20s who had casual sex (e.g., one-night stands), monogamous sex, or no reported sexual behavior. Participants were then asked to make some snap judgments about this individual’s personality based on this information. Women who had casual sex were judged as having lower self-esteem. Participants did not connect men’s self-esteem to their sexual behavior, however.

In another experiment, the researchers used a method called the conjunction fallacy, which was made famous by Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman in now classic research from the 1980s. In this experiment, participants were asked if a man or a woman who had casual sex was more likely to have been (a) an English major or (b) an English major with low self-esteem. Most participants responded that the second of these two possibilities was more likely even though it was statistically less likely to be true.

The team also discovered that this stereotype persisted even when participants were confronted with contrary information. “When we explicitly told participants that the women who had casual sex were enjoying it and were satisfied with their sexual behavior, participants still stereotyped them as having lower self-esteem than women in monogamous relationships who were unsatisfied with their sexual behavior,” said Krems.

Previous research has suggested that people perceived to have low self-esteem are less likely to be hired for jobs, voted into political office, or sought as friends or romantic partners.

“Although not grounded in reality, the stereotype documented in this work may have harmful effects. Stereotypes like this can have serious consequences in the real world,” said Krems.

Reference: Krems, J. A., Ko, A., Moon, J. W., & Varnum, M. (2021). Lay beliefs about gender and sexual behavior: First evidence for a pervasive, robust (but seemingly unfounded) stereotype. Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620983829

Title	Scrotes are really running out of excuses to shame women for their sexual lives
Author	eleguagirl
Upvotes	398
Comments	45
Date	February 8, 2022 7:03 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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