{"id":60,"date":"2021-05-05T19:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-cswaimfox\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2021-05-12T19:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T23:52:04","slug":"sexual-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/sexual-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One unique source of data from the survey was the extensive questions about sexual experience and history. The data provides an interesting snapshot of the sexual life of lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women on Smith\u2019s campus at the time.<\/p>\n<p>First, the survey explored the sexual history of respondents before coming to Smith.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-8\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"8\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Heavy Kissing\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Before coming to Smith, the majority of students had far more sexual experience with men than with women. Though 77.8% of respondents engaged in \u201cheavy petting\u201d with men before college and 49.5%\u00a0 had \u201csexual relations\u201d with men before college, only 25.5% of respondents had engaged in \u201cheavy petting\u201d with women and 19.8% of respondents had had sex with women before college. <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-60-1' id='fnref-60-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(60)'>1<\/a><\/sup> Notably, the survey does not define sexual relations or heavy petting, so the respondents might have been perceiving these metrics differently, particularly for female partners.\u00a0 Either way, the inexperience with women partners before Smith highlights that Smith, and college life in general, provided space to explore previously unexplored sexual territory.<\/p>\n<p>Once coming to Smith, the data certainly shifted. Respondents continued to have sexual experiences with men, but also began to have more experiences with women. &#8220;Since coming to college,&#8221; 53.4% of respondents had \u201csexual relations\u201d with at least one man. 82.2%\u00a0 of respondents had \u201csexual relations\u201d with at least one woman since coming to college, and 22.9% had sex with 4 or more female partners since coming to college. While only 17.8% of respondents had NOT engaged in \u201csexual relations\u201d with any women, 46.6% of respondents had not had\u00a0 &#8220;sexual relations\u201d with any men.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-60-2' id='fnref-60-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(60)'>2<\/a><\/sup> These statistics show that for at least some of the respondents, they were not interested in or pursuing relationships with men during their time in college. Still, a significant portion of the respondents engaged in sexual relationships with both men and women throughout their time in college, which shows the fluidity of the respondents and the ways that labels might not reflect experience explicitly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12-1024x632.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12-1024x632.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12-768x474.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.12.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data Sourced from pages 98-103 of the SCLA 1982 Survey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In describing the sexual relationships, respondents indicated that male sexual partners were more likely to be \u201cpick ups or casual dates\u201d and less likely to\u00a0 be \u201csomeone with whom you are in love and planning a long term relationship with\u201d than female sexual partners. <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-60-3' id='fnref-60-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(60)'>3<\/a><\/sup> Respondents had sex with different genders for different reasons and in different circumstances, showing the diversity of experience amongst the sample. Do you think LGBT sexual experience at Smith is as varied today? More statistics about sexual experiences can be found on pages 98-107 of the survey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52-1024x637.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52-1024x637.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52-768x477.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-08.35.52.jpeg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data Sourced from pages 104-107 of the SCLA 1982 Survey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209\" style=\"width: 50px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/life-after-smith\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/app-1646214_640-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/app-1646214_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/app-1646214_640-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/app-1646214_640-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queer-social-worlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/661\/2021\/05\/app-1646214_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Next Survey Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-60'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-60-1'> Lesbian Alliance Student Survey Results, May\u00a0 1983, CA-MS-00112, Box 3016.1, Folder 8, Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Alliance Records, Smith College Archives, https:\/\/findingaids.smith.edu\/repositories\/4\/resources\/16\/collection_organization, pages 98-101. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-60-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-60-2'> Ibid., 101-103. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-60-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-60-3'> Ibid., 104-105. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-60-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One unique source of data from the survey was the extensive questions about sexual experience and history. The data provides an interesting snapshot of the sexual life of lesbian, bisexual, and questioning women on Smith\u2019s campus at the time. First, the survey explored the sexual history of respondents before coming to Smith. 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