A new study explores the gender preference of two different forms of dating common on university campuses. Although both genders perceive similar benefits and risks to dating and hooking up, more ...

I've been noticing a weird phenomenon in my friend group lately. All of my friends want to be "exclusively hooking up" with the people they're dating. I'm not talking about being in an exclusive ...

In 2001 the longtime student practice of “hooking up” gained national attention when the Institute for American Values released a report titled “Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right: ...

If you don’t know, then you’re probably at least 40. As any high school or college kid could tell you, hooking up refers to the phenomenon in which two people—who may or may not know each other well, ...

For many people, connecting casually has become the new normal. A guy you met online texts to say he's out with friends and asks you to join him. This isn't an official first date, but offers a low ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Many researchers rely on college undergraduates as subjects for studies of human behavior. For ...

There’s no shortage of terrible things about going through a breakup, but if you had a great sexual connection with your now-ex, one of the worst parts of breaking up can be realizing you might never ...

There's no shortage of Hollywood movies about friends with benefits that describe how hooking up with a friend changes the relationship. Though rom-coms generally show two endings to this story — they ...