‘If (sex with a long-term partner is) part of your routine — connecting and feeling grounded and loved, like that’s a great part of your Olympic performance potentially, but hooking up is a whole other crapshoot,’ she explained. For example, does it reduce or increase stress for you? Does it help or hinder your sleep? Does it improve or interfere with your focus?
‘There’s a small percentage of people who thrive in hookup culture,’ she explained, pointing mostly to research on college campuses. ‘But (for a) majority of people, it’s a real up or down.’”
To read the entire article, check out Sex at the Olympics at CBS National News.
~Dr. Jenn Gunsaullus — Sociologist, Intimacy Speaker, Relationship Coach, & Author