Hooking Up or Dating: Who Benefits?

Men and women are different when it comes to sex. Not only do women get pregnant and men don't, this affects what women want from sex. That would be attachment, because we want both parents to be responsible.. Hooking Up or Dating: Who Benefits? from Science Daily

Overall, both genders showed a preference for traditional dating over hooking up. However, of those students who strongly preferred traditional dating, there were significantly more women than men (41 percent versus 20 percent). Of those who showed a strong preference for hooking up, there were far fewer women than men (2 percent versus 17 percent). However, context mattered: when considering the possibility of a long-term relationship, both women and men preferred dating over hooking up; however, when the possibility of a relationship was not mentioned, men preferred hooking up and women preferred dating. On the whole, men and women agreed on the benefits and risks of dating and hooking up. However, there were some notable differences: * Women more than men seem to want a relationship. They fear, both in dating and hooking up, that they will become emotionally attached to a partner who is not interested in them. * Men more than women seem to value independence. They fear that even in hooking up relationships, which are supposed to be free of commitments, a woman might seek to establish a relationship.

Study done by Carolyn Bradshaw from James Madison University One of the things that throws a wrench into things, is the particular long time it takes to finish school. Never mind finding a job, paying off student loans, and attempting to be financially independent. Now we have pushed child bearing well into our late 20s, so naturally if you meet someone in college one's mind is not a potential husband. So hook ups will persist, simply because well meaning individuals tell men and woman focus on your education and career. Would it be possible have a strong healthy marriage let's say at 20 or 21, and still finish school, even utilize that education with small children? Personally I would love to see typical dorm life cease to exist.