# What's so Hard about being Easy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-hard-about-being-easy/171541>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-hard-about-being-easy/171541 "2003-04-27T22:01:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-hard-about-being-easy/171541/21 "2003-04-28T13:52:24Z")

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Are you _sure_ she meant it in a sexual way? If I told a guy he was easy, I wouldn’t mean sexually. I would mean he didn’t play headgames, was honest and straightforward, and didn’t exhaust me emotionally.

Just asking.

And allow me to chime in with the gruesome crowd. Not all men will hump anything with a vagina, and I’m okay with that. They have standards, and I so do I.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-hard-about-being-easy/171541/22 "2003-04-28T14:06:59Z")

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“Easy:” Is there, we wonder, some value in being difficult?

- Easton and Liszt, _The Ethical Slut_

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**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-hard-about-being-easy/171541/23 "2003-04-28T16:05:47Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by shrew \*  
> **Are you _sure_ she meant it in a sexual way? If I told a guy he was easy, I wouldn’t mean sexually. I would mean he didn’t play headgames, was honest and straightforward, and didn’t exhaust me emotionally.**
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> I’d have to go back and reread it to be absolutely sure, but I’m _pretty_ sure she _didn’t_ mean it sexually. I think she meant, jokingly, that I was easy to manipulate. But, she’s seen the thread, so she can clarify if she wants. 🙂
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> But, I try to meet the description you gave.

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> _Originally posted by matt\_mcl_  
> \*\*“Easy:” Is there, we wonder, some value in being difficult?
> 
> - Easton and Liszt, The Ethical Slut\*\*
> 
> My name is neither Easton nor Liszt, but I couldn’t have said it better.

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