Anuki Amarakoon

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134 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 28 Jan

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The Last Show with David Cooper · Anuki Amarakoon: Casual Sex Might Boost Your Confidence - January 27, 2026 · 28 Jan 2026 podcast

That means that they're generally more comfortable with closeness and intimacy.

And then the other thing we found was that these singles who were sexually active reported more perceived mate value.

And what that is is essentially a sense of how desirable you think yourself to be as a mate or as a partner, sexual or romantic.

So folks that were having casual sex saw themselves as more desirable.

And the last thing we found was that, unsurprisingly, these singles who are having casual sex are also more sexually satisfied.

So they're kind of getting what they want out of the interaction in terms of their sexual goals.

Yes and no.

I think so much of the previous research has focused on college students, so in like college hookup culture.

And it's kind of a unique context, right?

There's

typically a lot of it's more common to have alcohol involved in the hookup there's less sexual experience folks are younger so our population is a bit different they're older most of them are outside of school or university but at the same time we know that like having sex generally is associated like the more sex you have in a partnered context the more satisfied you are and you know if you're

uh afraid of intimacy like people who are when they're um avoidant in terms of attachment they're not going to be drawn to um you know an intimate sexual experience so it's not surprising that what we found was that you know folks who are having casual sex are more satisfied and are more comfortable with closeness

Yeah, not really.

This was one of our key findings.

So what we found was we compared whether folks who were having casual sex and folks who weren't deferred in terms of how much they wanted to be in a committed romantic relationship.

And across both studies, what we found was that, no, they didn't.

There wasn't any differences.

So it seems like, you know, this casual sexual relationship is distinct to these folks from being in a romantic relationship.

And that experience doesn't change how much they want

Or don't want to be in a relationship.

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