College Sex: Going Home Alone (Washington Post)

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<p>"Either I missed out or everyone else in college isn't having sex at all."</p>

<p>Realistic? What do you think?</p>

<p>As a student at Brown, I can tell you that parents think people are having a lot more sex than they are.</p>

<p>Most people have had sex at this point (I'm a junior now), many in high school, and not many have had sex with more than one (and many have not had sex with anyone) since getting to college that I know in my age group.</p>

<p>People aren't just going around having sex each weekend (sure there are some people hwo are, but that's far from typical).</p>

<p>I know a lot of students at my college who are virgins. I know a lot of students at my college who regularly have "casual" sex. I know a lot of students who fall somewhere in between--people who are in relationships or only have "casual" sex once or twice a quarter. I also know a lot of students who would be very willing to have "casual" sex but for one reason or another don't.</p>

<p>It's stupid to try to generalize this across the entire population of college students.</p>

<p>There's also a big difference in whether or not "hooking up" is defined to include make out sessions. At my college, "hooking up" generally includes making out. At my home town, it doesn't.</p>

<p>I think its some people having ALOT ALOT of sex, while many others are having little to none</p>

<p>and people bragging is not unheard of- telling tall tales to impress</p>

<p>I go to an engineering school where there is not much social life beyond the Greek system. I know both ends of it, and it's pretty much what citygirlsmom said (at least at my school).</p>