Women are happy with one night stands as long as they made the first move and enjoyed the sex. A study of 763 people also found females are more likely to regret sleeping with someone too soon, while men are likely to regret passing up casual sex. Men care less about who makes the first move.
The survey found that 66% of participants have had at least one one night stand in their life — that's about 660 of the 1,000 people they asked. And many of them have had more than one. American men said they've had an average of seven one night stands and American women have had six.
A woman's need to bond with a man, to feel safe and loved and committed to, is crucial for her to feel secure enough to let down her guard sexually. That's why she feels uneasy about one-night stands. Her body won't cooperate. It's also why men, not women, are the ones who gain the most from casual sex.
Sounds like quite a night. And it looks like quite a few Americans have participated in a night of one-time passion. A study conducted by DatingAdvice.com found three out of five men and one out of three women have had a one-night stand.
About 20 per cent of users had one-night stands after using Tinder. The vast majority of them had only experienced this once. Thus, eight of ten users never have sex after using the app.
Don't take her number
If it was a one-night stand to you, don't make it seem like it was more. Don't ask for her contact details. She will think you want to get in touch with her again. It's not cool to lead someone on.
In a national sex lives survey conducted by Body + Soul, 52 per cent of Australian women admitted to having had a one-night stand and while this might seem like a large percentage, each person has their own experiences and their own feelings towards a bit of casual booty.
Nectar Sleep surveyed Americans to discover how many sexual partners they had before settling down. The average number for people who identify as men was 26, the average number for people who identify as women was 19. But other studies have shown that people often lie about their number.
If you want to, of course.
Having a one-night stand once in a while, or even every given Friday night, can actually be so good for you! Also, it's often the best solution for those stretches of time when you know you aren't in the best place for a relationship but need to get some.
One-night stands and STDs
Even when partners use condoms, they can still spread certain sexually transmitted diseases like genital warts, herpes, and syphilis because those diseases are contracted through skin-to-skin contact.
One-night stands have good prospects (about 27%) of turning into a long-term relationship. Participants who had one-night stands reported experiencing more emotional than sexual connection. In booty-call relationships, individuals were more likely to leave immediately after sex than after one-night stands.
Key statistics
There were 171,469 registered deaths in 2021, an increase of 10,169 since 2020. The standardised death rate increased to 5.1 deaths, from 4.9 in 2020.
As noted, a high body count indicates that someone has had a lot of sexual partners. It could mean they are less likely to be monogamous, which is not good for a relationship.
“Body count” refers to how many people someone has slept with. Generally speaking, this refers to sexual intercourse, and does not include other types of sexual activities.
The average Aussie goes to bed just after 10:45pm, which is more than an hour earlier than the late night Spaniards, the University of Michigan's global sleep pattern research found. As well as the early nights, Australians are the first to rise along with Americans who both get up just after 6:45am.
A recent study confirms that Norwegians have more one-night stands than Americans do and one of the key contributing factors in determining this outcome is the difference in our cultural value system.
It's especially important to use a barrier method to protect yourself and your partner against STIs if either of you is unsure of your STI status, or if one or both partners are also having sex with someone else (1,3).
Since its inception in 2012, Tinder has been known as a hookup app, but this may be changing. Like Bumble, some users have met spouses or long-term partners on the app, while others use it strictly for casual flings. What everyone can agree on is that Tinder is great for ego-boosts and is largely based on looks.
Same people succeed both ways. “Most of the people who succeed on Tinder have casual sex and hook-ups otherwise, too,” says Professor Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair at the Department of Psychology at NTNU. The researchers have previously found that Tinder use did not lead to an increase in one-night stands.
American male respondents had around seven one-nighters on average, while American women had six. However, European men had roughly six one-night stands, and women had four.
It's perfectly OK to want to explore casual sex — there are plenty of benefits for those who care to partake. “You can discover a lot about yourself; what you like and don't like, what works for you,” says Engle. “It's a great way to meet interesting people and explore different sexual tastes you might not otherwise.”