“Millennial Love” author Olivia Petter reflects on a recent booty call and why it left her feeling more degraded than empowered.
“No chance you’re awake, is there?” His words lit up my phone somewhere around 6 a.m. I saw them when I woke up fresh-faced and smug after an early night at 8 a.m. My stomach flipped. But it was also one of those rare scenarios where I knew exactly what I was supposed to do next.
In short, a booty call consists of arranging a one-off sexual encounter. It’s casual, flippant, and almost always coordinated at an ungodly hour. Often associated with the phrase “You up?” , it can be metabolized in a multitude of ways depending on your relationship status, sexual confidence, and overall sense of self-worth.
Given the complexities of the contemporary dating landscape, which has now been gamified beyond repair by apps, it’s not hard to see the appeal of transactional sex. Gone are the hours spent wondering why someone hasn’t texted you back. Wave goodbye to the Sisyphean task of trying to define what you are to each other. And stamp out all those little anxieties in the back of your head, making you feel like it’s only a matter of time until they end it.
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