{"id":95753,"date":"2016-05-12T05:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T13:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95753"},"modified":"2023-09-04T05:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:09:05","slug":"quarter-of-straight-young-women-admit-to-having-a-same-sex-fling-while-half-believe-gender-isnt-fixed-thanks-to-celebrities-being-open-about-their-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=95753","title":{"rendered":"Quarter of &#8216;straight&#8217; young women admit to having a same-sex fling while HALF believe gender isn&#8217;t &#8216;fixed&#8217; &#8211; thanks to celebrities being open about their experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human beings tend to be conformist, and women particularly like to conform to whatever is considered socially acceptable. As same-sex gets increasingly positive media coverage and criticism of homosexuality becomes socially unacceptable, more people, particularly women, experiment with it.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-3576041\/Quarter-straight-young-women-admit-having-sex-fling-HALF-believe-gender-isn-t-fixed-thanks-celebrities-open-experiences.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>: More &#8216;straight&#8217; young women are having gay sexual experiences and fewer believe that their gender is something that is fixed, according to new research.<br \/>\nA quarter of 18 to 24-year-old women admit to having a fling with someone of the same sex, and a third confess they have been attracted to someone outside of their defined sexuality.<br \/>\nOnly a third of the age bracket &#8211; described as The Pioneers, &#8216;the new generation of sexual fluidity&#8217; &#8211; think marriage is relevant to their lives, and 45 per cent would consider having a baby without a partner.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of gender fluidity has also been more discussed thanks to high-profile transwomen such as Caitlyn Jenner and actress Laverne Cox, the study found.<br \/>\nAnd celebrities such as Miley Cyrus speaking about their own bisexual experiences are encouraging young women to feel open to encounters with the same sex.<br \/>\nOf the next age bracket, the 25 to 34-year-olds, more than one in 10 women admitted they would avoid choosing pink for their daughters, and a quarter believe their gender has held them back in their career.<br \/>\nThe majority of this group &#8211; referred to as The Teachers &#8211; are married or living with their partners, and say they are determined their children will be raised in a different world, with aspects of gender neutrality.<br \/>\nThe mothers say they would give their child both &#8216;male&#8217; and &#8216;female&#8217; toys, and read them &#8216;non-stereotypical&#8217; stories.<br \/>\nAlthough seven out of ten women admits that they still do more household chores than their partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human beings tend to be conformist, and women particularly like to conform to whatever is considered socially acceptable. As same-sex gets increasingly positive media coverage and criticism of homosexuality becomes socially unacceptable, more people, particularly women, experiment with it. 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