Hi Michael
So I have listened to Episode 9 and it's interesting to hear the perspectives on slut shaming versus cuck fear. I think there are parallels regarding both. The concern woman have (rightly) about society viewing them as a slut for enjoying sex and sleeping with multiple men can also impact men who aspire to be cuckolds.
Again society tends to view men as alphas who go out to sow their 'wild oats' whilst women are expected to be well behaved and faithful. It takes courage for a man to say actually that's not what I want, I want it to be the other way around. We fear how we will be viewed for not being the typical stereotype, not just by other men but also by women, because we have all been conditioned to the traditional view with respect to this issue.
Telling a woman (even if she is open minded) that you desire a cuckold relationship requires a lot of trust. In the past when it has come up in conversation with women, it generally is a concept foreign to them and the fear is you will be judged as some type of inferior male. Now it may be the case we want to be and indeed desire to be sexually inferior, but that doesn't necessarily extend to all aspects of a relationship. The women I have discussed it with often find the concept of cuckolding confusing even if they enjoy the benefit of sleeping with multiple men, because their conditioned expectation is they can't understand why a man would desire to see his partner in passion with another man. They often think there is an ulterior motive at play in that the male will see this as an opportunity to sleep with multiple women, once the woman agrees to sleep with other men.
The other aspect I think comes into play, is that for a man to say he wants to be cuckolded, for some reason he is now viewed as gay, which unfortunately still has a stigma in a similar way women can be viewed as sluts. Porn and societal norms now seem to support and even encourage the idea of 2 women playing together, but for men who are typically viewed as straight and enjoy watching their other half with another guy a different standard applies.
I'll leave my thoughts here for now, but I must say you podcast is interested and I hope continues to encourage meaningful discussion.