The #MeToo movement has made women's empowerment a national conversation, raising a rallying cry against sexual assault and harassment, particularly in the workplace and on college campuses.

But creating a culture of satisfying sexual experiences for women is still a long way off, said Joanne Coles, author of the new book "Love Rules," which dives into the dating lives of women in the digital age.  

Coles said many women are increasingly having transactional and unfulfilling sexual relationships because of intense social pressure and a culture filled with alcohol and dating apps.

"It became clear that girls in particular felt under an enormous amount of pressure to have hookups they didn't really want to have," Coles told WNYC's Jami Floyd. "When I talk to women in their 20s and 30s, there was a sense of, 'We are not having the relationships we want.'"

Coles is the chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, and the former editor of chief of Cosmopolitan.