"In a recent interview, presented in more detail on my Times blog, [Lena Dunham] told me that various cultural cues exhort her and her female peers to approach sex in an ostensibly 'empowered' way that she couldn’t quite manage. 'I heard so many of my friends saying, "Why can’t I have sex and feel nothing?" It was amazing: that this was the new goal.'"

Read more: Frank Bruni, New York Times

(Note: Article contains sexual themes and descriptions.)