February 3, 2012
The 'no sex on the first date' rule is a thing of the past, with 55 percent of singletons reporting having had sex on the first date (66 percent of men and 44 percent of women), in the second annual Singles in America survey.
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But according to sex therapist Laura Berman of Chicago, many people meet online and feel they know each other well by the "first date", because of flirting and sexual tension experienced via social media.
"It's almost as if by the time they've had the first physical date, it might have been the equivalent of three dates. I think this online sharing has definitely escalated some of this familiarity and quickness in which people get into sexual scenarios," Berman told the Chicago Sun Times.
The survey found that 21 percent of singles met the last person they dated online, the most often cited way of meeting.
However, Stanford researcher Michael Rosenfeld believes the data may be deceiving for online daters - who potentially meet several new people every week and have a lot of first dates. "It could be a small portion of all these first dates that end up in sex," he told the Chicago Sun Times.
Almost a quarter said they typically have sex after one, two or three dates; 25 percent said "when the other person is ready," and 19 percent said "when we agree to an exclusive relationship." About 13 percent said "when we are married."
Among other sex-related findings: 58 percent of singles have had a one-night stand (65 percent of men and 51 percent of women).
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