Booty Call or One Night Stand? Casual Sex Has Rules
When was the term casual sex ever used by the people having it? That quibble aside, I agree with Jocelyn Wentland that the different terms used to describe it have different meanings.
Casual sex isn’t just called casual sex any more.
A University of Ottawa researcher says young people have their own codes to describe sexual encounters outside of committed relationships.
Jocelyn Wentland, a doctoral student in experimental psychology, looked at the various types of casual-sex relationships among people aged 18 to 27 and how they are termed.
“We now have names to describe these things in ways that wasn’t the case say 20, 30 years ago,” Wentland said Thursday.
The four most popular terms used by those in the focus groups included “booty call,” “friends with benefits” and “one-night stand.” The remaining term has a profanity in it, but can be politely translated as “sex” buddy.
All the terms used to describe the encounters have subtle nuances of meaning, said Wentland. Read more
Tags: booty call, casual sex, friends with benefits, one-night stand
I came to the U.S. at age of 12 with my mother. We settled in sunny Florida, which was quite a contrast to Minsk. I have always been fascinated by sex and relationships. My sexual history and preferences are detailed in my post 
December 2nd, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Those terms are definitely standard usage and well understood for those of us in our later 30s as well. Definitely not limited to the younger set.
December 5th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
I think that casual sex is a bad idea full stop. It is just to dangerous.