Well, after a quick scan of this heated debate, I thought I would chime in!
I know plenty of women who would have sex an hour after meeting someone?... Believe me, I was the someone!... I also know women, who won't even contemplate sex before at least 5 or 6 dates?... I know women that require you (me) to have a STI check up, before anything like sex is on the table?.. (Not actually on the kitchen table).... However, I do find the latter to be quite unworkable, as it can take up to a month to acquire the results to said 'test'.... That is a strange month! As in my opinion, you at least need to know if you are on the same sexual wavelength?... And of course, you miss the all important 'honeymoon period'...
Personally, when I meet a woman, she is a person.. And just like any person, I can pretty much decide in one night, if this is a person that is worth getting to know some more... Obviously, at this point there will also be the obvious signs of 'chemistry', or none at all.... If not, I would still class the person as somebody I would like to get to know... I have no problem in pursuing a new friendship regardless of me wanting to 'shag' her or not.... Sometimes it's these encounters which eventually end up blossoming into the best relationships, as in my opinion, friendship is the cornerstone to any meaningful long term relationship... However, contrary to popular belief, some people do only require that one night of companionship, like 2 ships passing in the night, enriching eachother's lives, even for that short period of time?... This does not make either party a whore, just 2 people satiating a common, often urgent need to experience some intimacy, closeness, the touch of another human being?...
Now then, men also fall into the same groups?... I know many men that would be quite happy to stick their cock in anything, and I mean anything!.. A nano-second would be enough for them to make that decision!... I also know men who just crave a physical connection, even just for the briefest of moments?.. This is not particularly just to get laid, it's again, for that unique feeling of connection... People are lonely, they seem to be getting lonelier by the minute?... Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of men out there who just see women as conquests, something to be had, enjoyed and discarded, with no regard to that persons feelings.. However, there are equally calculating women out there also...
When you are single, it's so hard sometimes, to watch other people in love, happy and sharing a connection that you once had, could have, yet no longer have... This creates a longing, not just for sex, just for someone to share that moment, that connection, totally unique to that facet of your psyche.... I also know men, who are extremely wary of women that want to have sex quite early on on the relationship?.. It makes them suspicious and cautious.... Which brings me on to my next point...
Unfortunately, we do live in a society of labels and pre conceived ideas of what is the norm... But who can tell the individual what is the norm?... Normal is totally subjective to the person or persons involved?..
I think the problem we all face is what society has dictated as normal and acceptable... For instance, a girl that offers sex within an hour? Is that a girl you want to start a meaningful relationship with?.. Well, according to what we are conditioned to believe, that would make her a slut!.. However, have you ever stopped to think that 'you' were the only reason that all it took was an hour?... She may also be as shocked and mortified that it happened so soon?... However, that's nothing to be ashamed of, when instincts take over, that's what they are, instincts..
I have learn't to trust my instincts a lot more as I have grown up, so to summarise... When I was younger, that girl would be a slut! Now, she might just be the one?... We all like sex, it's programmed into us, we are shaped for it, there is nothing more sacred and special than total intimacy... To be completely connected on both the mental & physical level, almost perfect synchronicity!
I guess what I'm trying to say... It doesn't matter where you have come from, or how things start, it's how they turn out is what's important : )...
Just sayin'
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