NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?

  • Written by Nicole K. McNichols, Associate Teaching Professor in Psychology, University of Washington
imageAnecdotal evidence suggests that young adults are more than eager for sex after long months of socially isolating. filadendren/Getty Images

As an associate teaching professor who teaches a very large human sexuality class at the University of Washington, I benefit from frequent access to young people’s inner thoughts and desires surrounding...

Read more: Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?

More Articles ...

  1. A mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines could provide logistical and immunological benefits
  2. Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for artists like Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato, it's all about emotional stripping
  3. Millions are rejecting one of humanity's best weapons for saving lives: Vaccines
  4. Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don't have access to a credit union or community bank
  5. What's a 100-year flood? A hydrologist explains
  6. What's the charitable deduction? An economist explains
  7. How Israel's missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs
  8. Nurturing dads raise emotionally intelligent kids – helping make society more respectful and equitable
  9. The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago – what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big time
  10. Racial bias makes white Americans more likely to support wars in nonwhite foreign countries -- new study
  11. A court ruling on Shell's climate impact and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants to change
  12. Why nobody will ever agree on whether COVID lockdowns were worth it
  13. Biden's Supreme Court commission probably won't sway public opinion
  14. 5 ways MacKenzie Scott’s $8.5 billion commitment to social and economic justice is a model for other donors
  15. Faith still shapes morals and values even after people are 'done' with religion
  16. Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
  17. US bishops set collision course with Vatican over plan to press Biden not to take Communion
  18. Joe Biden, a father’s love and the legacy of 'daddy issues' among presidents
  19. What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers and sons
  20. Americans gave a record $471 billion to charity in 2020, amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, job losses and racial justice
  21. With Ford's electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high gear
  22. It wasn't just politics that led to Netanyahu's ouster – it was fear of his demagoguery
  23. Bringing joy back to the classroom and supporting stressed kids – what summer school looks like in 2021
  24. Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major League Baseball
  25. Artisan robots with AI smarts will juggle tasks, choose tools, mix and match recipes and even order materials – all without human help
  26. Teaching kids social responsibility – like how to settle fights and ask for help – can reduce school bullying
  27. Friends are saying 'I do' – but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages
  28. What a Title IX lawsuit might mean for religious universities
  29. Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
  30. Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain
  31. Southern Baptist Convention's focus on mission recalls history of promoting white dominance
  32. Why the Second Amendment protects a 'well-regulated militia' but not a private citizen militia
  33. Property disputes in Israel come with a complicated back story – and tend to end with Palestinian dispossession
  34. Electric heat pumps use much less energy than furnaces, and can cool houses too – here's how they work
  35. 8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown
  36. Summer reading: 5 books for young people that deal with race
  37. NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland – and whether the planet was ever habitable in the past
  38. Opioid overdoses spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from Pennsylvania show
  39. New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics to sell baby formula and undermine breastfeeding
  40. Why do cats knead with their paws?
  41. What's the G-7? An international economist explains
  42. Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up – these innovations can help cut emissions
  43. Middle-aged Americans in US are stressed and struggle with physical and mental health – other nations do better
  44. Over half of adults unvaccinated for COVID-19 fear needles – here's what's proven to help
  45. From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved
  46. Why the legacy of Billy Graham continues to endure: 3 essential reads
  47. 'In the Heights' celebrates the resilience Washington Heights has used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
  48. Sports writers could ditch the 'clown questions' and do better when it comes to press conferences
  49. Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel's politics and government
  50. Tribal colleges empower Native students with an affordable, culturally relevant education – but need more funding