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Nine out of 10 women think casual sex is immoral research shows |
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Tuesday, 04 April 2006 |
Nine out of 10 women think casual sex is immoral research showsThe image of women seeking casual sexual encounters for pleasure does not quite fit the latest studies and nine out of 10 women interviewed in a snapshot survey said they thought one night stands were immoral.
Researchers from the University of Sheffield studying female attitudes to sex and sexuality discovered that most women had more traditional views of casual sex than they had expected.
They found only 10% of the of the 46 women, aged 23 to 83, who were interviewed at length in the study thought "no strings" sex was acceptable.
Dr Sharron Hinchcliff said it made her question whether women have really gained the sexual freedom they are supposed to have enjoyed since the 1960s.
They found that although participants thought one-night stands were immoral, they did not condemn women for having them because many of them had such encounters themselves, however, some thought that that those that did had "something lacking in their lives".
Dr Hinchcliff said the results did not fit in with images of today's independent woman who can go out and get sex without the ties of a steady relationship.
And Dr Tuppy Owens, of the Sexual Freedom Coalition, said casual sex could be an empty experience if there was no mental connection.
The results of the study appear to contradict the results of a national survey in 2000, which found British people are more promiscuous than ever before.
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