RaisonD said:
What do you people think of casual sex or being friends with benefits?
I think it's wrong, and a self-destructive, self-deluding mistake. I think casual sex is an oxymoron.
What do you think of women/men who sleep around a bit?
Mostly, I feel bad for them. They've been duped and lied to by a world and a culture that cares not one whit for their well-being, happiness, or anything about them really. (Besides their consumer habits, perhaps.) They're only doing what is the most natural thing for mankind: seeking happiness and the good. Since sex is probably one of the most awesome, transcendent good you can get in this world, and since no one tells them differently, sure it makes perfect sense to get as much as you reasonably can. They're wrong, and they're likely to end up worse for the wear, but that's not different from many other mistakes we can make, with a few rather obvious exceptions.
Would you consider going steady with someone like that?
Well, assuming that you mean hypothetically if I were single...that depends. If going steady means she's not having casual sex still with other people, then possibly. Of course, the reverse, would someone want to get into a monogamous relationship with me when we would not be having sex, and that has been the norm for her, might pose some problems.
Overall, probably not.
Any experiences on the matter?
On not being interested in a relationship involving casual sex? Sure. It's broken my interest in several women, and the reverse has happened once as well. On having casual sex? No.
And then of course, releasing the vultures. I know my views are not popular, but I have never courted popularity.