What is sexual entitlement?

About this episode

To celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th, Do You Really Know is ready to cover a whole host of subjects linked to love and desire! From trends like sologamy and sneating, to the emergence of female viagra, spend all week learning about the concepts that surround our love lives in the 21st century. What is sexual entitlement? Back in 2018, an online study of 7,000 Swiss young adults was published, centring on their sexual interactions. It found that many young women accepted having sex not beause they really wanted to, but because they felt they had to please their partner. 53% of women surveyed said they had done so, compared to just 23% among men. The findings reflect how society has normalised male sexual entitlement. It’s the feeling that women’s sexuality is owed to men, in order to give them pleasure. That women should have sex even if they don’t want to. Regardless of how much money someone spent money on you, how nice they were to you or how much of a great time you had together, there are no situations in which you owe someone sex. But sadly, it’s the kind of feeling that can take over. How do you explain that women feel that way? Does letting someone buy you a drink really equate to promising sex? What about consent? How do we get out of this pattern? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: What is female viagra? What is demisexuality? What is sologamy? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices