Sex and friendship supposedly don't mix.

[highland145]

Say it ain't so.

A recent study about young adults and their “friends with benefits (FWB) relationships reported men (54.3 percent) were more likely than women (42.9 percent) to have had a FWB in the past year. Not surprisingly, only a small handful of these situations turn into lasting relationships. But that’s the whole point, right? Three observations were made: the negative reactions created psychological distress as the positive reactions didn’t really have any effect at all. Few, if any of these relationships result in committed relationships, similarly most don’t expect them too, yet they feel “stuck” in the situation. Finally, more often than not, the women expected the relationship to move in a more committed direction, while the men did not.

The bolded=No sh*t.

Most of the time when young adults engage in these sorts of relationship, alcohol was involved.

Imagine that.

Wonder how much this study cost?


Read more at FYI Living: http://fyiliving.com/mental-health/...ds-sex-and-friendship-dont-mix/#ixzz1O7vA3g00
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http://fyiliving.com/research/friend-with-benefits-relationships-fueled-by-alcohol/


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[CalvinHobbes]

I really need to get some government grants to do this type of "study".

 

[bignateyk]

So there are more men than women that have friends with benefits. That means that the women who engage must have multiple friends with benefits to support that ratio. Sluts.

 

[gophins72]

the shortcomings of the study are pretty significant:

Shortcomings
All participants were selected from a university class on families leading to biases. It was found that because all were university students, the results could not be generalized. Self-reporting of the survey could have led to bias too. Although relationship research requires results from the couple, only one member in this study voiced opinions. The study also lacked details on the relationship such as the duration, previous relationships and the type of physical intimacy involved.

 

[Jaepheth]

So there are more men than women that have friends with benefits. That means that the women who engage must have multiple friends with benefits to support that ratio. Sluts.

Not necessarily.

They didn't specify that only heterosexual people were surveyed.

 

[Genx87]

Men = Physical
Women = Emotional

So many women I know tried the friends with benefits thing. In the end it turned into a mindfuck for them. They grew emotionally attached, felt like a slut when the booty called came ect.

And they all had the same complaint. Men can sleep around why cant women? Because men are not women.

 

[highland145]

Men = Physical
Women = Emotional

So many women I know tried the friends with benefits thing. In the end it turned into a mindfuck for them. They grew emotionally attached, felt like a slut when the booty called came ect.

Had a FWB for about a year. She'd been burned by her last boyfriend and didn't want any "strings." Worked great for me. Not so well for her, in the end.

 

[gophins72]

found a link to a downloadable pdf of the study:
http://www.chs.fsu.edu/~ffincham/papers/2010 Owen Fincham FWB online 2010.pdf

here's the abstract:

Abstract Friends with benefits relationships (FWB) are a
blend of friendship and physical intimacy outside of a committed
romantic relationship. This study examined young adults’ (n=
889) engagement in, and reactions to, a FWB relationship in the
past year based on their gender, psychological distress, alcohol
use, and relationship attitudes. Men (54.3%) were more likely
than women (42.9%) to report at least one FWB relationship and
both men and women reported that FWB relationships were associated
with more positive emotional reactions than negative ones
although this difference was larger for men. Greater alcohol use
was related to engaging in a FWB relationship and this relationship was stronger
for women. Further, thoughtfulness about relationship
decisions moderated the relationship between alcohol use
and engaging in FWB relationships, and again this moderation
effect was stronger for women than men.Young adults with more
psychological distress and who felt constrained in the FWB relationship
were more likely to report negative emotional reactions.
Implications for psychoeducational programs and future research
are offered.

Further, men and women reported that their emotional
reactions to their FWB relationships were largely more
positive than negative; however, this disparity between positive
and negative emotional reactions was larger for men (d=0.81)
than it was for women. These results complement previous
research investigating the advantages and disadvantages of
FWB relationships (e.g., Bisson & Levine, 2009), in showing
that the perceived merits of FWB relationships appear to outweigh
the perceived negative consequences for many young
adults.
...
Although young adults reported more positive than negative
emotional reactions to their FWB experience, other psychosocial
factors may relate to their negative emotional reactions. That is,
none of the other variables in the current study were related to
positive emotional reactions. Thus, how young adults interpret
their positive emotional reactions to FWB relationships may be
related to other factors that were not investigated in this study.

The current study should be interpreted in the light of several
methodological limitations. First, the cross-sectional design limits
our ability to draw conclusions about direction of effects. Second,
even though our sample was large, all participants were
drawn from a university course on families,which may introduce
a selection bias.
...
In addition, we only assessed one
partner’s view of the FWB relationship.

Interesting article. It is good science because it adds more to the field of knowledge, but it shouldn't be taken as conclusive, which is the danger in journalistic reporting of science.