The article describes studies that have been done to look at how women's level of education (whether or not they obtain a high school diploma or college degree) correlates with any same-sex experimentation. I found this article interesting because a lot of the TV shows I have seen have that one line in the dialogue where the woman says about kissing another woman "oh that was just something I tried in college" or "that was just a phase in college." I didn't assume that this would automatically happen to any young woman who was attending college, but from watching these shows when I was younger, I just thought that when you went to college you, your eyes were opened to more diversity and more experiences and this could be one of them.
The author describes a term that is used in situations like this; it is known as LUG (lesbian until graduation). I personally have never heard of this term before, but it was very interesting to me, so I read on. A study was described where the findings were that with almost 14,000 respondents, a small percentage of women (10%) with Bachelor's degrees had disclosed having a same-sex experience. The percentage for those who had no high school diploma was a little higher (15%).
I think the article makes an interesting point that society just likes to believe that women are sexually interacting with each other during college because those are the best years of your life, aka you don't have to think about what you're doing and you should just go crazy. I do think that society has a different view on two women kissing and two lesbians kissing. I feel that if it's labeled as a relationship, some people have a problem with it, but if it's just innocent college experimentation then it's sexy.
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