Jezebel: Casual Sex

A Teen Who's Having Sex Is A Teen Who's Well Behaved

Anna North — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:40:00 EDT

A new study shows that having sex may actually reduce teenage misbehavior — but only if teens are in relationships. More »

The Atlantic Weeps For The Sad, Slutty Drunk Girls

Irin Carmon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:00:00 EST

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Did someone try to talk about young women's sexual politics without getting Caitlin Flanagan on board to showily weep for their bruised morality? Worry not, here she is concern-trolling Karen Owen — and distorting my interview with her. More »

Yes, Reader, You Can Find Love After All Those One-Night Stands!

Anna North — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:58:00 EDT

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A new study finds that — shocker — people who have casual hookups aren't destroying their chance of long-term relationship. But that hasn't stopped the slut police. More »

The Kids Are Alright: Why Hooking Up Won't Damage Our Youth

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST

We've become accustomed to hearing about how "hook up culture" is ruining kids today. But a new study shows that casual sex - wait for it - is totally OK. And not necessarily bad for your mental health. More »

"Maybe Thats What My Pull Towards You Is, My Relief From The 'Quest'"

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Few ex-boyfriends appreciate the primacy of laziness on the decision whether or not to sleep with them again. "Emily" and "Brian" were two old flames in the laziest stretch of most educated Americans' post-infant lives: Christmas break home from college. More »

Is It Too Soon To Call SexReally The Worst Sex Website Ever?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Imagine the last person you'd ever want to see writing a sex and relationships blog for twenty-something women. Is that individual hook-up propagandist and befuddled old person Laura Sessions Stepp? Then it's your unlucky day. More »

You Can't Figure Out "Women," You Can Just Try To Figure Out One Woman At A Time

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST

In this month's City Journal Kay Hymowitz writes about the backlash she received from an earlier column about how "too many single young males (SYMs) were lingering in a hormonal limbo between adolescence and adulthood, shunning marriage and children." Predictably, those dudes didn't want to hear about it. Did you know its all the fault of us women today, having "options" and changing our minds? Of course it is. It always is. More »

There's Casual Sex, And Then There's Casual Sex

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Tracy Clark-Flory has an interesting piece on Salon today responding to the rash of pro-abstinence books hitting the bookshelves this summer. She defends what she calls her casual sex life against the hordes of abstinence-advocates who say you won't ever get a boyfriend if you sleep with men on the first date (in addition to losing all respect for yourself, etc). Clark-Flory argues that having casual sex — or, in her case, more like semi-casual sex — has helped her figure out what she wants out of both sex and relationships and get into a good relationship with a good man. But in her defense of her "casual sex" lifestyle, I'd argue that she's not exactly the stereotypical casual sex-haver. More »