To wait or not to wait - that is the question. Is it nobler to wait or have sex on the first date?
“I dont wait. No one has time for that.” (millennial male, 20, junior)
Gen Z students may be less sexually active than millennial students, but they’re quicker off the mark. Only one-third of millennials responding to my survey engaged in sexual activity with a new partner within the first month, with 4% saying it happened on the first date or the first time they met someone, 12% waited a week or two, and 20% waited between two weeks and a month. On the other hand, one-half of Gen Z students engaged in sex within the first month of meeting a new partner. Six percent were already active on the first date, 20% within a week or two, and 23% after two to four weeks. Millennial students were more likely to write that they generally didn’t have a set timeframe and that their decision to become sexually active with someone depended on various factors (15% vs. 7% for Gen Zers). Continue reading... |
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As part of my survey “Why do students have sex”, I asked female respondents whether they used birth control regularly. Respondents who selected ‘No’ were asked, “How do you prevent pregnancy?” as a follow-up question. More than 700 students provided information, with 60% using condoms, 10% some form of abstinence, 10% Plan B on its own or combined with other methods, and 20% variations of ‘pull-out’ methods. There were also some rather unusual answers and a few that sounded more like respondents trying to educate me about contraception. For some reason, quite a few students who had not yet engaged in vaginal intercourse responded, and an unexpectedly high number of lesbian students commented even though they stressed that they were not engaging in intercourse and, thus, not at risk of becoming pregnant.
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“I met my current boyfriend last year at a party, we’ve known each other and had a sexual relationship for about 7 months before officially dating. I met my girlfriend at a festival and we’ve been dating for about 3 months.” (bisexual female, 22, senior)
Let’s start by reiterating that the term ‘sexual orientation’ refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, both genders or none. Continue reading... |
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Teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses at two- or four-year colleges has always been challenging. Even before COVID-19, many students arrived unprepared for freshman-level STEM courses. The reasons vary from individual to individual, but some common factors I identified for students in my Anatomy & Physiology (A&P) classes were:
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