A lot of women don’t enjoy hookup culture—so why do we force ourselves to participate?

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In this excerpt, she writes that in order to find love, women should not pursue men. An excerpt. I sent multiple text messages, wore my shortest skirts, and practically threw myself at him before he noticed me. We all want a guy to approach us, fall madly in love, and not be able to wait to call us. So how do you make that happen? First of all, we live in an extremely deceiving society. Casual sex is oh-so-glamorous through the lens of movies and TV. Instant messaging, texting, and video messages are the norm between guys and girls. But the painful, real-life truth is that none of this works.

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