Posted on 03/21/2005 9:49:25 AM PST by MisterRepublican
CARBONDALE -- On the dance floor at Gatsby's II, a popular bar at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, a tall brunette drinks beer from a plastic pitcher while she grinds her backside into a man's body.
A silver disco ball hangs overhead while a blond woman in a pink, pleated miniskirt writhes on her partner's leg.
A girl notices that her boyfriend's attention is wandering. With a manicured hand, she grabs his face and plants a Hollywood-worthy kiss on his mouth.
On this sticky dance floor, littered with plastic cups and packed with gyrating bodies, women are the hunters as much as the hunted.
Traditional stereotypes dictate that men want sex, and women crave love. But, on today's college campuses, students say those gender lines are blurrier than a pair of beer goggles.
When a University of Illinois sorority girl observed over lunch at a Champaign cafe that "guys aren't looking for love," her friend chimed in: "I don't think we can blame it on the guys. I'm not looking for love, either."
Girls are just as bad as boys now," another woman said.
"To guys, [sex is] still like scoring," said author Tom Wolfe, who spent two years on college campuses researching his new novel. "The strange part is that it's become that for girls, too. They'll say, 'I scored Jack last night . . . finally!'''
A federal government survey of 4,600 college students found that slightly more male than female undergrads are virgins.
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
I too am married & have a wonderful 1 yo daughter. My wife has been reserved and conservative her whole life, but even she has a few 'gone wild' stories.
BTW, fond memories aside, it's much better being a wisened adult than a carefree yoot. ;o)
(That's not me, though. I was baring my chest and simulating sex with women in the booths, not on the stage...)
Indeed. Plus you gotta avoid the hard core beer goggles, or you'll end up in the coyote trap!
But of course; silly me!
It may be, but I saw a lot of debauchery down in Fort Liquordale in the early 80's, Daytona too.
That's funny. I got an "A" for a party pretty much like this.
oh, ping for later.
Perhaps I was (and am) parsing words, but I did say I would not condemn the person. That was the intent of my comment.
A "back to school" ping.
"Better for both men and women to stay pure until marriage, or at least until they meet the person they're certain they'll marry."
I wonder if there are any statistics on this... Virgins who marry have happier marriages?
I wouldn't know personally. I do know (for me anyway) the bonding with the first sex parter thing is bogus. My first sex partner was a hooker. After that there was a series of nice girls, then my wife, lucky number seven!
I picked her because I loved her. Never considered her "friendship potential".
"it's much better being a wisened adult than a carefree yoot. ;o)"
AGREED!
Hookers???? and your proud of your past?
Then consider that a typo, my second post I wrote:
"but I won't condemn someone for a mistake in judgement of this sort."
I never did that sort of thing in college....too busy drinking!
Much lower divorce rate. I've read 60 to 80 percent lower.
My first sex partner was a hooker.
Too bad for you.
Never considered her "friendship potential".
I don't believe you. I love my wife, and she's also my best friend. No contradiction between the two.
The hooker part is gonna get you in trouble!
Don't know if there are stats on that. Those who cohabitate before marriage are twice as likely to divorce, or something like that.
Here's an interesting stat. Of couples that practice natural family planning (i.e., no sterilization agents or "birth control"), the divorce rate is under 3%.
This merits a big "So What?" Some girls are sluts? Where'd you get the clue, Sherlock?
I think he meant his first partner was a "looker".lol
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