A new study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior indicates that such relationships are common. About 60% of 125 students surveyed at Michigan State University reported having had a "friend with benefits" relationship. Only one-tenth of these couples became full-scale romances. About a third stayed friends but stopped having sex, and a fourth broke off altogether. The rest remained "friends with benefits."
"We found that people got into these relationships because they didn't want commitment. It was perceived as a safe relationship, at least at first," Dr. Timothy Levine observed. "But there was this growing fear that the one person would become more attracted than the other." The couples usually never talked about one subject: their relationships.
On scales of intimacy, "friends with benefits" score low on passion and commitment.
An all girls boarding school, like Copper Canyon Academy, may offer girls the safe, structured environment needed to explore healthy relationships.
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