"One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up"
About this Quote
“Give it up” is loaded, not neutral. It pulls from an older script where sex is a commodity a woman “gives,” implying loss, surrender, and value depreciation. That’s telling in Hilton’s cultural moment: early-2000s tabloid America, where female fame was built on sexuality but policed by it, and where a woman could be simultaneously hyper-visible and expected to perform innocence. Hilton’s public image - rich, blonde, “wild,” and relentlessly surveilled - made chastity talk strategically useful. It reassures advertisers, disarms critics, and signals that whatever the persona suggests, she’s still in control.
The subtext isn’t just prudishness; it’s boundary-setting in a marketplace that profits from blurring boundaries. Coming from someone whose private life was routinely treated as public property, “gross” reads less like pearl-clutching and more like disgust at being reduced to an easily consumable story.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hilton, Paris. (2026, January 18). One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-night-stands-are-not-for-me-i-think-its-gross-16113/
Chicago Style
Hilton, Paris. "One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-night-stands-are-not-for-me-i-think-its-gross-16113/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-night-stands-are-not-for-me-i-think-its-gross-16113/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.










