Editors note: I’m trying to learn why some women are more sex-positive than others. So I asked my students, if they were interested, to tell me stories of their backgrounds. 

So far I have found a few things that distinguish women who experience more sex-negativity and sexual dysfunction. They — and in my youth I would count myself among them — are more likely to:

• Worry that God will punish them for their sexuality 
• Have sex-negative parents
• Have sex-negative friends
• If they are slut-shamed by their peers they feel deeply “wrong” and shameful
• They refrain from learning about their sexuality and what works for them

RoSo is a straight 24-year-old woman of East Asian descent. Here is her story: Read the rest of this entry →