12D SEX ON THE HILL IS SEX DIFFERENT THAN MAKING LOVE?
BY AMBER JACKSON
ajackson@kansan.com
"Making love" and "having sex have been used interchangeably. Can it be that they're the same thing or is there just a misconception?
"I guess it's dependent on the person and the relationship," Angie Hornbeck, Kansas City, Mo, sophomore, said. "I'm thinking more emotion and thought goes into making love than having sex. When you're making love, you're thinking more about the other person. When you're having sex, you think more of yourself."
Twenty-one different dictionaryies provided definitions for love at dictionary.com, all ranging from a deep feeling of sexual desire and an attraction to someone having sexual intercourse with someone else. Even the dictionary had conflicting definitions.
Nineteen dictionaries had consensus on the word "sex," defining it as "engaging in sexual intercourse or to arouse sexually."
Christina Ellington, Bonner Springs freshman, agreed with Hornbeck.
"I think you have a connection with the person if it's making love," Ellington said. "If it's sex, it's just sex. There's no feeling."
the matter in his hit song, "In the Club," in which he says hed rather have sex and that he's not into making love.
"If you're having sex, you're just thinking about how hot they are," Carey Hoffman, Mankato, Minn., freshman, said. "A lot of time the hookup is when they are intoxicated. You've got to think about the consequences like getting pregnant or getting an STI."
Even 50 Cent had his say in
to have sex more because it was easier and less time consuming than building a relationship.
Jared Gilbert, Mission junior said that college-aged kids seemed
In the end, it's up to the person to decide what their sexcapades mean to them. Whether it is hav-
Photo Illustration by Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN ing sex or making love, it all seems to be enjoyable.
WOULD YOU RATHER...
Would you rather have someone fall asleep on you in the middle of sex or shamelessly turn on the television during the act?
"It's hard to answer because I've done both,but probably turn on the TV."
Caitlin Tew Allen, Texas senior BY MARILYN HAINES
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