Sexual freedom - at what price?

Many of us believe we have no inhibitions.  We want to live our lives with freedom, but at what cost?  What is the price that we pay for sexual freedom?  This freedom resides not by our family, friends, neighbors, etc.  It resides within us.  Those individuals are influencers of who we are and what we should be according to their standards.  Why?  Why do we allow them to dictate what and who we want to be?