The Philosophy of Friends with Benefits: What College Students Think They Know

College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophers with Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 103-114

  Smith, Kelli Jean K ^a   Morrison, Kelly ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A brave new (sexual) world; Emotions associated with friends with benefits relationships; Friends with benefits relationships how they get established and replies as "it just happened"; Friends with benefits relationships the good, the bad and the ugly; Friends with benefits relationships, as relationships occurring cross sex friends, friends engaging in sexual activity; Hybrid relationship, combining benefits of cross sex friendship with benefits of sexual relationship; Motivations and barriers to friends with benefits relationships, and relationship avoidance; Multiple friends with benefits relationships; Philosophy of friends with benefits what college students think they know; Rules for maintaining friends with benefits relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871264384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324488.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

References (4)

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2. Melissa A. Bisson and Timothy R. Levine, "Negotiating a Friends with Benefits Relationship," Archives of Sexual Behavior 38 (2009): 66-73.
3. Sandra J. Messman, Daniel J. Canary, and Kimberly S. Hause, "Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity, and the Use of Maintenance Strategies in Opposite- Sex Friendships," Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 17 (2000): 67-94.
4. Walid A. Afifiand Sandra L. Faulkner, "On Being Just Friends: The Frequency and Impact of Sexual Activity in Cross-Sex Friendships," Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 17 (2000): 205-22.