A rant on gender stereotypes

[Dystopia]

Gender roles are terrible. There's actually evidence that, for example, men can be as emotional if not more (sometimes) than women, yet either men are told to not cry, or, since we are now more accepting of men crying, they should only do it when it's really necessary (i.e. someone dies) - We are also told to man up, to stand the pain, to behave like a real man should.

One of the worst gender stereotypes in my opinion is the dichotomy between male and female virginity - Males are supposed to have sex and lose their virginity early, and it gets better if they manage to have a large number of partners (female partners I mean) - Women were once told to be virgins until they get married, and still are - However nowadays it's socially acceptable for females to lose their virginity before marrying, and before the age of 18 - But... There's still a lot of norms regarding that - They are supposed to do it with someone very special, they are supposed to not have too many partners until they get married, and they should choose partners very wisely - All of that is a gender stereotype, both men and women can enjoy sex immensely, there's no reason for any of them to avoid having good consented healthy sexual experiences. To be honest, I think it's wise to wait until you are, at least 16 or 17 years old, because of legal problems and too allow your brain to mature, because sexual relationships aren't only physical but psychological too (I'm thinking about my role-play fantasies)... But other than that, if he bangs a lot of girls, he's a champ, if she bangs a lot of guys, she's a complete slut, and if she dresses with revealing clothes, worse yet... A quiz directed to young males my age or older (20+) will probably reveal that more than 2 or 3 sexual partners is too much for them to date someone (I mean if the woman they are dating had a bigger number of partners), and that's why I'm not surprised when I discovered a lot of people back in highschool though my girlfriend was a slut because she had 4 sex partners before me - It never bothered me, mostly because I'm hotter than them and shit

And to conclude, the first time is always a bit awkward at least and I think people place far too importance on it, as long as it's consented it's fine.