Posted June 7, Reviewed by Abigail Fagan. One-night stands are regarded as the most superficial and least intimate form of casual sex. Yet surprising empirical findings cast serious doubts on this assertion. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
Wentland and Reissing argue that one-night stands are the most superficial encounters, involving the least emotionally intimate experience and often take place between strangers or after brief acquaintance. Booty calls refer to a communication initiated with the urgent intent of having a sexual encounter. Unlike one-night stands, the purpose of booty calls is to engage in repeated sexual activity with an acquaintance.
I think it's gross when you just give it up. Claire Moran and Christina Lee interviewed Australian women about non-romantic sex. Their responses were interesting:. It was great. We seriously hit it off immediately. It was like the greatest sex ever. We were sooo good together. It was sad when he had to leave later. Once I follow that, it's all good! Simple as that. If it's done right, it can be liberating. Because of the superficiality of the encounter, one-night stands are perceived to be the opposite of serious love.
It seems counterintuitive that they will develop into long-term serious romantic relationships. Fisher further argues that men were three times more likely to want to turn a one-night stand into a relationship. Furthermore, The Knot study of dating apps shows that although Tinder has a reputation for generating mainly casual sexual relationships, and in particular one-night stands, Tinder was responsible for pairing about a quarter of newlyweds who met online, making it the best dating app for marriage.
They argued that a booty-call sits between the most superficial relationshipβone-night stands, and the most serious oneβlong-term romantic relationships. Nevertheless, the researchers were surprised to find that participants who engaged in one-night stands reported more emotional than sexual acts, as did those in serious romantic relationships. After booty-call sex, individuals were more likely to leave immediately, as opposed to one-night stands where individuals stayed longer.
