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I like the song. But I do think that we are giving Katy too much credit. Seriously, suggesting that she and her song is responsible for the supposed wave of same-sex kissing is just silly. Teens have been experimenting with their same-gender friends for years. Many grown men and women had these innocent experiences in their youth. Perhaps the difference is that when we were teens, we didn't make our secret exchanges public. We weren't posting our same-sex kisses on our Facebook profiles.
In , Katy Perry went platinum singing that she 'kissed a girl' and 'liked it. Scroll down for video. Research on hooking ups and straight girls kissing such as Britney Spears and Madonna at the VMAs in has mainly focused on women living on college campuses: privileged, affluent, white women. But studies show it is common across all socioeconomic backgrounds. Research on sexual fluidity, hooking up and straight girls kissing has mainly focused on women living on college campuses: privileged, affluent, white women.
Ever since Madonna planted that wet kiss on Britney Spears in front of millions of television viewers at the MTV Video Music Awards , women have been loosening up sexually with other women. These so-called flexisexuals say that although they are not gay or even bisexual, they enjoy flirting and kissing girls -- but they still enjoy having sex with men. One female senior at Hofstra University in New York said she is apt to turn to women when she's had too much to drink. The student, who declined to give her name for fear a future employer might Google her sexual escapades, is one of many young women who are more flexible in their attitudes about sex. Experts say they may be influenced by the growing visibility of same-sex couples and more open attitudes about sex in general.