A expert says casual sex is 'inherently dangerous' for women. Author, journalist and podcaster Louise Perry believes a number of factors such as strength and risk of pregnancy means that casual sex is riskier for women. However, she says men are more likely to engage in casual relationships as they are 'keener'.
Talking on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast, Louise explained that being alone with essentially a stranger also means women could end up harmed. She said: "I think casual sex is almost always more risky for women than it's worth it for women. "One being alone with a man you don't know, basically, is what we're talking about, is inherently dangerous for women because of that physical asymmetry.
Two, the ones who get pregnant. Even with the pill, with the most reliable contraception, you've still got that small chance. "So that either means you carry a pregnancy to term with all its physical and emotional risks, or it means you have an abortion.
All of those costs are bore by the woman "The man might have no idea that this is occurring right. There's an essential asymmetry." Louise also says there is a 'psychological difference' between how men and women look at casual sex.
She says men want to 'jump into bed' whereas women are less forward. The writer conducted at an American college that found a majority of male college students were willing to engage in sex when propositioned by a female stranger. Not a single woman however accepted the proposition when the g.
