College Students
This type of "no strings attached" relationship is most commonly found in young adults such as college students. The shift from childhood to adulthood brings on much exploration in different fields. One of these fields include relationships and sex. This is the time in life where mastery of future life skills is attempted. The majority of college students have already participated in sexual intercourse before high school graduation. In most cases, Grello's study suggests that these same students who lost their virginity in high school, lost them in a romantic relationship. After experiencing sexual intercourse, most college students go on to have casual sex with either friends or peers they have been recently or newly acquainted with.
A recent study published by the Archives of Sexual Behavior discovered that sixty percent of college students have participated in a casual relationship. Wayne State University and Michigan State University conducted a similar survey and sixty-six percent of the undergraduates in this study said they had also been in a casual relationship. About half of this sixty-six percent said they were currently in one right now.
A casual relationship, unlike a romantic relationship, is very undefined and it is difficult to ascribe norms, scripts, and expectations to it. Rebecca Plante, an associate professor at Ithaca College, has specialized in research on casual relationships, and says that this type of relationship can be beneficial. Casual relationships establish a "healthy outlet for sexual needs and desires."
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