According to the article “Bartering sex for stuff or services” on CNN.com, the world’s oldest profession– prostitution– is not only alive and well (which we all knew thanks to Law & Order: SVU), but thriving amongst coeds.
The author, Michelle Goodwin, cites a study of undergraduates at the University of Michigan that states that students are regularly exchanging sex for favors.
27 percent of the men and 14 percent of the women who weren’t in a committed relationship had offered someone favors or gifts… in exchange for sex. On the flip side, 5 percent of the men surveyed and 9 percent of the women said they’d attempted to trade sex for such freebies.
In other words, more people are asking for sex and offering gifts than requesting favors.
Stay classy, Ann Arbor.
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