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A new book on hookup culture posits that women deal with societal pressure about sex and love by “splitting” different parts of their lives in order to match their ideas about how career, love, and sex intersect, reports Tracy Clark-Flory …
Do people hook up in college? Yes. Is it every night (or even every weekend)? No, according to a new study from the Miriam Hospital’s Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. In fact, hookup sex is half as common as …
We’ve all heard the stereotypes: Men are just out for sex, and women are the ones who have to trap them into monogamous relationships, which guys find dull. That’s very much not the case, according to researcher Andrew P. Smiler, author of …
We’ve all been there: You’re at a friend’s wedding and spy a hottie across the room. But how do you go from sipping your chardonnay solo to effortlessly chatting him up, without appearing like you’re trying too hard? We asked …
The next time you’re hitting the meat market (preferably on a Wednesday), consider toting the “Why I Must Have Sex With You” notepad along for when a handsome hunk crosses your field of vision.
Grindr is a hugely successful location-based dating app handy for gay men looking to meet up with someone close by. But what about straight, single gals (and guys)? Enter Blendr, a sister app (for lack of a better term).
Guys who use sexist strategies such as negging, popularized in the book The Game (which featured the popular pick-up artist “Mystery,” above) tend to attract women who are sexist themselves — and prefer casual sex, a study found.
Want to Hook Up? Go Out on a Wednesday
And here we thought the weekend was the best time to pick up a new boy toy. According to a story in Saturday’s New York Times Magazine, Wednesday is your surest bet for some no-strings-attached nookie.
A group of University of Chicago students has launched UChicagoHookups.com, a Craigslist Casual Encounters–esque personals site designed for facilitating casual sex and hookups.
A new term has emerged to describe women who kiss other women yet don’t identify as lesbian or gay: “flexisexual.” Some say women are more open to experimenting before they settle down, but according to others (and some of the …
