Casual sex refers to sexual activity outside the context of a romantic relationship, consisting of a range of informal sexual encounters. This article is about sex acts and practices (i. ... Romantic love is a form of love that is often regarded as different from simply sexual love, or lust. ...

A hookup (colloquial American English) is casual sex activity that could consist of manual stimulation, oral sex, or full sexual intercourse. For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... Oral sex consists of all sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth, and possibly the throat, to stimulate genitalia. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ...

An extended hookup sometimes refers to prolonged instances of casual sex interactions. This is a situation in which the involved parties occasionally meet for casual sex multiple times, always without a long-term commitment.

People who engage in any type of unprotected sex put themselves at increased risk of sexually transmitted disease and unwanted pregnancy. The use of condoms and other birth control methods are often employed to reduce this risk. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) — also known as sexually transmissible diseases(STDs), venereal diseases (VD), or infrequently, social disease — are diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ... A pregnant woman near the end of her term Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ... A 67 m long condom on the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of an awareness campaign for the 2005 World AIDS Day A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. ... Birth control is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or giving birth. ...

Social norms and moral concerns

Many religions consider casual sex to be immoral (see Religion and sexuality for more information). People's ideas about casual sex range from conservative religious views (chastity) to liberal views. During the sexual revolution in the United States and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, social attitudes about sex underwent considerable change. Divorce and abortions became easier to obtain. Sexual morality varies greatly over time and between cultures. ... The sexual revolution refers to a change in sexual morality and sexual behavior throughout the Western world. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

The term "hookup" gained popularity and attracted media attention during the late 1990s and has been widely accepted by Generation Y-ers. Generation Y is a term designating a cohort of people born immediately after Generation X and is only one of several terms used to describe roughly the same group of people. ...

Commercial sites

There are many specialist online dating services which cater for people looking for casual sex as the internet provides a suitable forum for those looking at just a physical relationship without any emotional attachments. A Net dating service, also known as online dating or internet dating, is an example of a dating system and allows individuals, couples and groups to meet online and possibly develop a romantic or sexual relationship. ...

See also

• Adolescent sexuality
• Adolescent sexual behavior
• Anonymous sex
• Booty call
• Casual relationship
• Cottaging
• Dogging
• Group sex
• Sexual norm
• Swinging
• Ficar
• Friends with benefits

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Main articles: Human sexuality, Adolescence, and Adolescent sexuality Adolescent sexual behavior refers to sexual behavior of adolescents. ... Anonymous sex is consensual sex between two or more people who have very little past history with each other, often engaging in sexual activity on the same day of their meeting and often never seeing each other again afterwards. ... A booty call is a telephone call, other communication, or visitation made with the sole intent of engaging in sex with the person being contacted. ... A casual relationship (sometimes referred to as friends with benefits (FWB), buddies with benies, friends with privileges, cut friends, a fling, or (rarely) a sexualized friendship) is a term used to describe the physical and emotional relationship between two unmarried people who have a sexual relationship or a near-sexual... A public convenience in a Greenwich Park, the design of which may be the origin of the term Cottaging. Cottaging is a gay slang term for having non-committed casual sex in a public lavatory (a cottage) or for cruising for sex or picking up sexual partners in public lavatories... // Dogging is a British euphemism for engaging in sexual acts in a semi-public place (typically a secluded car park or a movie theater) or watching others doing so. ... For the album by Circle Jerks, see Group Sex. ... A sexual norm can refer to a personal or a social norm. ... Swinging, sometimes referred to in North America as the swinging lifestyle, is non-monogamous sexual activity, treated much like any other social activity, that can be experienced as a couple. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Casual relationship. ... Friends with benefits is a term used to describe the physical and emotional relationship between two unmarried people who engage in uncommitted sex acts. ...

References

1. ^  Ehrenreich, Barbara, Elizabeth Hess, and Gloria Jacobs. Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex. Doubleday, 1986 (ISBN 0-385-18498-0)